diff --git a/src/srun/msg.c b/src/srun/msg.c
index 84d0e6788f94815e0ac1ac94cb7305b4ea0df4b0..df2812f126fd0dfc768e647bfb45bdae91f17223 100644
--- a/src/srun/msg.c
+++ b/src/srun/msg.c
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ extern slurm_fd slurmctld_msg_init(void)
 	getnodename(hostname, sizeof(hostname));
 	slurmctld_comm_addr.hostname = xstrdup(hostname);
 	slurmctld_comm_addr.port     = port;
-	debug2("slurmctld messasges to host=%s,port=%u", 
+	debug2("slurmctld messages to host=%s,port=%u", 
 			slurmctld_comm_addr.hostname, 
 			slurmctld_comm_addr.port);