diff --git a/lib/hostip.c b/lib/hostip.c
index b12b2b91a447ae0f1d4fbc4736db76b64aaf1bb4..8df43fc104bd4cc3df88869942bb251b6df9a182 100644
--- a/lib/hostip.c
+++ b/lib/hostip.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ struct Curl_dns_entry *Curl_resolv(struct SessionHandle *data,
      will generate a signal and we will siglongjmp() from that here */
   if(!data->set.no_signal && sigsetjmp(curl_jmpenv, 1)) {
     /* this is coming from a siglongjmp() */
-    failf(data, "name lookup time-outed");
+    failf(data, "name lookup timed out");
     return NULL;
   }
 #endif