1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index a7e3bf4d3c70..b52e9f4ef371 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
                 struct kobject *temp_kobj;
                 temp_kobj = kset_find_obj(kobj->kset, new_name);
                 if (temp_kobj) {
-                        printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' can not be renamed "
-                               "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existance.\n",
+                        printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject '%s' cannot be renamed "
+                               "to '%s' as '%s' is already in existence.\n",
                                kobject_name(kobj), new_name, new_name);
                         kobject_put(temp_kobj);
                         return -EINVAL;