diff --git a/bin/xyz.py b/bin/xyz.py
index c292356af54ed95009fed644e157e8900cf6c4dd..7290b5fcec03353a2309ced11f6cf38d04627251 100755
--- a/bin/xyz.py
+++ b/bin/xyz.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def main():
     if args.infile != None:
             iagaFile = open(args.infile, 'r').read()
     else:
-        print >> sys.stderr, 'Input set to recieve data from command Line.'
+        print >> sys.stderr, 'Reading iaga2002 format from STDIN'
         iagaFile = sys.stdin.read()
 
     factory = iaga2002.IAGA2002Factory(None)