diff --git a/lib/http_proxy.c b/lib/http_proxy.c
index a03a27fdc..732fea7e3 100644
--- a/lib/http_proxy.c
+++ b/lib/http_proxy.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static CURLcode CONNECT(struct Curl_easy *data,
       if((conn->http_proxy.proxytype == CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0) &&
          (HYPERE_OK != hyper_request_set_version(req,
                                                  HYPER_HTTP_VERSION_1_0))) {
-        failf(data, "error settting HTTP version");
+        failf(data, "error setting HTTP version");
         goto error;
       }