diff --git a/src/svg/svg_parser.cpp b/src/svg/svg_parser.cpp
index b089c1751..46c2f4595 100644
--- a/src/svg/svg_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/svg/svg_parser.cpp
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ void svg_parser::parse(std::string const& filename)
     if (!stream)
     {
         std::stringstream ss;
-        ss << "SVG error: unbale to open \"" << filename << "\"";
+        ss << "SVG error: unable to open \"" << filename << "\"";
         throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
     }