diff --git a/wp-admin/upgrade.php b/wp-admin/upgrade.php
index 69a19979fc..fc3698e4b4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upgrade.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upgrade.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ $mysql_compat   = version_compare( $mysql_version, $required_mysql_version, '>='
 	if ( !$mysql_compat && !$php_compat )
 		printf( __('You cannot update because <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_%1$s">WordPress %1$s</a> requires PHP version %2$s or higher and MySQL version %3$s or higher. You are running PHP version %4$s and MySQL version %5$s.'), $wp_version, $required_php_version, $required_mysql_version, $php_version, $mysql_version );
 	elseif ( !$php_compat )
-		printf( __('You cannot udate because <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_%1$s">WordPress %1$s</a> requires PHP version %2$s or higher. You are running version %3$s.'), $wp_version, $required_php_version, $php_version );
+		printf( __('You cannot update because <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_%1$s">WordPress %1$s</a> requires PHP version %2$s or higher. You are running version %3$s.'), $wp_version, $required_php_version, $php_version );
 	elseif ( !$mysql_compat )
 		printf( __('You cannot update because <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_%1$s">WordPress %1$s</a> requires MySQL version %2$s or higher. You are running version %3$s.'), $wp_version, $required_mysql_version, $mysql_version );
 ?>