diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/JdbcUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/JdbcUtils.java
index d863121c3f..20a895093e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/JdbcUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/JdbcUtils.java
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ public final class JdbcUtils implements JdbcConstants {
         } else if(rawUrl.startsWith("jdbc:presto:")) {
             return JdbcConstants.PRESTO_DRIVER;
         }else {
-            throw new SQLException("unkow jdbc driver : " + rawUrl);
+            throw new SQLException("unknown jdbc driver : " + rawUrl);
         }
     }