diff --git a/src/output-lua.c b/src/output-lua.c
index b65855fbec..2fd4727165 100644
--- a/src/output-lua.c
+++ b/src/output-lua.c
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ static OutputInitResult OutputLuaLogInit(ConfNode *conf)
 
         int r = LuaScriptInit(path, &opts);
         if (r != 0) {
-            SCLogError(SC_ERR_LUA_ERROR, "couldn't initialize scipt");
+            SCLogError(SC_ERR_LUA_ERROR, "couldn't initialize script");
             goto error;
         }