diff --git a/packages/tpetra/core/src/Tpetra_Details_ExecutionSpaces.hpp b/packages/tpetra/core/src/Tpetra_Details_ExecutionSpaces.hpp
index 6ea51cf20fac..64fb47f6fa81 100644
--- a/packages/tpetra/core/src/Tpetra_Details_ExecutionSpaces.hpp
+++ b/packages/tpetra/core/src/Tpetra_Details_ExecutionSpaces.hpp
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ template <typename ExecSpace> class InstanceLifetimeManager {
       TPETRA_DETAILS_SPACES_THROW(
           "requested instance id "
           << i << " (>= " << Tpetra::Details::Behavior::spacesIdWarnLimit()
-          << ") set by TPETRA_SPACES_ID_WARN_LIMT");
+          << ") set by TPETRA_SPACES_ID_WARN_LIMIT");
     }
 
     // make sure we can store an exec space at index i for priority