diff --git a/mx.py b/mx.py
index 6bd40f03..66a9a5f1 100755
--- a/mx.py
+++ b/mx.py
@@ -3974,7 +3974,7 @@ def getSnapshot(self, groupId, artifactId, version):
         except urllib2.URLError as e:
             if isinstance(e, urllib2.HTTPError) and e.code == 404:
                 return None
-            abort('Error while retreiving snappshot for {}:{}:{}: {}'.format(groupId, artifactId, version, str(e)))
+            abort('Error while retrieving snapshot for {}:{}:{}: {}'.format(groupId, artifactId, version, str(e)))
         try:
             tree = etreeParse(metadataFile)
             root = tree.getroot()