diff --git a/src/linkahead/utils/plantuml.py b/src/linkahead/utils/plantuml.py
index e5432dcebff7bd7aef83d2ad0355b34d82fbf331..19594d6e856e740fe2c58c5128eead31c37485ce 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/utils/plantuml.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/utils/plantuml.py
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ def to_graphics(recordtypes: List[db.Entity], filename: str,
                 raise Exception("An error occured during the execution of "
                                 "plantuml when using the format {}. "
                                 "Is plantuml installed? "
-                                "You might want to dry a different format.".format(format))
+                                "You might want to try a different format.".format(format))
             # copy only the final product into the target directory
             shutil.copy(os.path.join(td, filename + "." + extension),
                         output_dirname)