diff --git a/src/AppKit/NSApplication.cs b/src/AppKit/NSApplication.cs
index 9cb9fb68f5..182f8734a2 100644
--- a/src/AppKit/NSApplication.cs
+++ b/src/AppKit/NSApplication.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace AppKit {
 		public static void Init ()
 		{
 			if (initialized) {
-				throw new InvalidOperationException ("Init has already be be invoked; it can only be invoke once");
+				throw new InvalidOperationException ("Init has already been invoked; it can only be invoked once");
 			}
 
 			Runtime.EnsureInitialized ();