diff --git a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogMonitoringAppender.java b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogMonitoringAppender.java
index 87299fee29913e25e03d9f47e8497165d839ddde..99515bc41f55993b8fdc70b5664a30471ec2a1de 100644
--- a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogMonitoringAppender.java
+++ b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogMonitoringAppender.java
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ public final class LogMonitoringAppender extends AppenderSkeleton
 
   public void verifyLogHasHappened()
   {
-      assert logHappened : "Following log snippet missed: " + messagePart;
+      assert logHappened : "Following log snippet has been missed: " + messagePart;
   }
 }