diff --git a/xos/api/examples/util.sh b/xos/api/examples/util.sh
index b3d3060..648b32c 100644
--- a/xos/api/examples/util.sh
+++ b/xos/api/examples/util.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     fi
     ID=`echo $JSON | python -c "import json,sys; print json.load(sys.stdin)['related'].get('vsg_id','')"`
     if [[ $ID == "" ]]; then
-        echo "there is no volt for this subscriber" >&2
+        echo "there is no vsg for this subscriber" >&2
         exit -1
     fi