diff --git a/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hpsf/examples/CopyCompare.java b/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hpsf/examples/CopyCompare.java
index 55cb35d96..2beb07655 100644
--- a/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hpsf/examples/CopyCompare.java
+++ b/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hpsf/examples/CopyCompare.java
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class CopyCompare
             }
             catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
             {
-                msg.append("Document \"" + e1 + "\" exitsts, document \"" +
+                msg.append("Document \"" + e1 + "\" exists, document \"" +
                            e2 + "\" does not.\n");
                 equal = false;
                 break;