diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
index 2faace2dcb..0555512bfc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/DruidDataSource.java
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ public class DruidDataSource extends DruidAbstractDataSource implements DruidDat
             }
 
             if (getInitialSize() > maxActive) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal initialSize " + this.initialSize + ", maxActieve " + maxActive);
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal initialSize " + this.initialSize + ", maxActive " + maxActive);
             }
 
             if (timeBetweenLogStatsMillis > 0 && useGlobalDataSourceStat) {