diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 46755e44fe8..452bcd9c2d9 100755
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ try:
     version = build_config["VERSION"]
     print "Building Wesnoth version %s" % version
 except KeyError:
-    print "Couldn't determin the Wesnoth version number, bailing out!"
+    print "Couldn't determine the Wesnoth version number, bailing out!"
     sys.exit(1)
 
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