diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 80bea0da3..23bd0bcad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ endif()
 set(MAYBE_COVERAGE_LIBRARIES "")
 if (ENABLE_COVERAGE)
   if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Debug")
-    message(ERROR "ENABLE_COVERAGE=ON only make sense with a Debug build")
+    message(ERROR "ENABLE_COVERAGE=ON only makes sense with a Debug build")
   endif()
   message(STATUS "Enabling coverage")
   set(MAYBE_COVERAGE_LIBRARIES "-lgcov")