diff --git a/python/libvirt-override-virStream.py b/python/libvirt-override-virStream.py
index ff53a16c8e..b5cec2a0f9 100644
--- a/python/libvirt-override-virStream.py
+++ b/python/libvirt-override-virStream.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
             ret = self.send(got)
             if ret == -2:
-                raise libvirtError("cannot use recvAll with "
+                raise libvirtError("cannot use sendAll with "
                                    "nonblocking stream")
 
     def recv(self, nbytes):