diff --git a/pulsar/client/staging/up.py b/pulsar/client/staging/up.py
index d02dc9a8b9bd1b3889e3d023148a43d6f6055a65..c0c6facae5ba8b10712bad8dec0e7384aa444ca8 100644
--- a/pulsar/client/staging/up.py
+++ b/pulsar/client/staging/up.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class TransferTracker(object):
             action = MessageAction(contents=contents, client=self.client)
         else:
             if not exists(path):
-                message = "handle_tranfer called on non-existent file - [%s]" % path
+                message = "handle_transfer called on non-existent file - [%s]" % path
                 log.warn(message)
                 raise Exception(message)
             action = self.__action(path, type)