diff --git a/utils/make_db b/utils/make_db
index 72529df9265d4b88a2507bad267d19e581f8347e..071de0a3270fd0e3480cb54bbc692635983bd287 100755
--- a/utils/make_db
+++ b/utils/make_db
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ function restore_db() {
     $MYSQL_CMD $(get_mysql_args) < "$SQL_FILE"
     cat <<EOF
 If this is not the same SQL server where the SQL dump was originally created
-from, make sure that a user with sufficient permissions exist.  Note that you
+from, make sure that a user with sufficient permissions exists.  Note that you
 can use the 'grant' action of this script to do this.
 EOF
 }