diff --git a/test/cmpd_dtransform.c b/test/cmpd_dtransform.c
index c4961a962a3..c9c34cada32 100644
--- a/test/cmpd_dtransform.c
+++ b/test/cmpd_dtransform.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ main(void)
     att_t      *atts        = NULL;
     att_t      *atts_res    = NULL;
 
-    printf("Testing writing compound attribues followed by data w/ transform.\n");
+    printf("Testing writing compound attributes followed by data w/ transform.\n");
 
     TESTING("data types are reset properly");