diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/validation/HeaderBasedValueValidatorFactory.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/validation/HeaderBasedValueValidatorFactory.java
index 2d875bb3b9451bb23c4ca16cba8296a446ac0f60..472b55899a5d912e04f512a87cca7e3bfa083c8a 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/validation/HeaderBasedValueValidatorFactory.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/validation/HeaderBasedValueValidatorFactory.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class HeaderBasedValueValidatorFactory implements IValidatorFactory, ICol
             String key = sectionProperties.getKey();
             Properties props = sectionProperties.getProperties();
             String pattern = PropertyUtils.getMandatoryProperty(props, HEADER_PATTERN_KEY);
-            builder.append('\n').append("Regular expression header of type '").append(key);
+            builder.append('\n').append("Regular expression for headers of type '").append(key);
             builder.append("' have to match: ").append(pattern);
             try
             {