diff --git a/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/client/LocalClient.java b/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/client/LocalClient.java
index c9b3d7314b..f6a626e64c 100644
--- a/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/client/LocalClient.java
+++ b/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/client/LocalClient.java
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ protected void startDAGAppMaster(final ApplicationSubmissionContext appContext)
             if (dagAMState.equals(DAGAppMasterState.NEW)) {
               LOG.info("DAGAppMaster is not started wait for 100ms...");
             } else if (dagAMState.equals(DAGAppMasterState.INITED)) {
-              LOG.info("DAGAppMaster is not startetd wait for 100ms...");
+              LOG.info("DAGAppMaster is not started wait for 100ms...");
             } else if (dagAMState.equals(DAGAppMasterState.ERROR)) {
               throw new TezException("DAGAppMaster got an error during initialization");
             } else if (dagAMState.equals(DAGAppMasterState.KILLED)) {