diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Template.pm b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Template.pm
index defb0a52d..7a2f59913 100755
--- a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Template.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Template.pm
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ sub tabdb
     unless ($tabh) {
        $tmplerr="Unable to open table named $table";
        if ($table =~ /\.tab/) {
-          $tmplerr .= " (.tab should not be specified as part of the table name in xCAT 2, as it seems to be the case here)";
+          $tmplerr .= " (.tab should not be specified as part of the table name in xCAT 2, as seems to be the case here)";
        }
       return "";
     }