diff --git a/opal/mca/pmix/base/help-pmix-base.txt b/opal/mca/pmix/base/help-pmix-base.txt
index 5d7f3d8769..1eaafa46fd 100644
--- a/opal/mca/pmix/base/help-pmix-base.txt
+++ b/opal/mca/pmix/base/help-pmix-base.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ except due to an internal OPAL error.
 
 Job state: %s
 
-This information should probably be repopald to the OMPI developers.
+This information should probably be reported to the OMPI developers.