diff --git a/bin/crystal b/bin/crystal
index ec70846e497d..4c3e3e5b5d08 100755
--- a/bin/crystal
+++ b/bin/crystal
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ CRYSTAL_DIR="$CRYSTAL_ROOT/.build"
 
 export CRYSTAL_PATH="${CRYSTAL_PATH:-lib:$CRYSTAL_ROOT/src}"
 if [ -n "${CRYSTAL_PATH##*$CRYSTAL_ROOT/src*}" ]; then
-  __warning_msg "CRYSTAL_PATH env variable does not contains $CRYSTAL_ROOT/src"
+  __warning_msg "CRYSTAL_PATH env variable does not contain $CRYSTAL_ROOT/src"
 fi
 
 export CRYSTAL_HAS_WRAPPER=true