diff --git a/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc b/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc
index b82e5e7f9f0..b086b084f97 100644
--- a/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc
+++ b/sql/item_cmpfunc.cc
@@ -5208,7 +5208,7 @@ void Regexp_processor_pcre::pcre_exec_warn(int rc) const
   switch (rc)
   {
   case PCRE_ERROR_NULL:
-    errmsg= "pcre_exec: null arguement passed";
+    errmsg= "pcre_exec: null argument passed";
     break;
   case PCRE_ERROR_BADOPTION:
     errmsg= "pcre_exec: bad option";