diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b890965f6..1bffd29b6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ if(NOT MANUAL_SUBMODULES)
     string(COMPARE EQUAL "${unboundLocalHead}" "${unboundCheckedHead}" unboundUpToDate)
     string(COMPARE EQUAL "${rapidjsonLocalHead}" "${rapidjsonCheckedHead}" rapidjsonUpToDate)
     if (NOT miniupnpUpToDate OR NOT unboundUpToDate OR NOT rapidjsonUpToDate)
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "Submodules not up to date. Please update with git subdmoule init && git submodule update, or run cmake with -DMANUAL_SUBMODULES=1")
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Submodules not up to date. Please update with git submodule init && git submodule update, or run cmake with -DMANUAL_SUBMODULES=1")
     endif()
   endif()
 endif()