diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/cli-shell/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/shell/Handler.java b/hadoop-ozone/cli-shell/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/shell/Handler.java
index 6308aff08c4..bad9b0aa2a0 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/cli-shell/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/shell/Handler.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/cli-shell/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/shell/Handler.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ protected boolean securityEnabled() {
     boolean enabled = OzoneSecurityUtil.isSecurityEnabled(conf);
     if (!enabled) {
       err().printf("Error: '%s' operation works only when security is " +
-          "enabled. To enable security set ozone.security.enabled to " +
+          "enabled. To enable security use set ozone.security.enabled to " +
           "true.%n", spec().qualifiedName().trim());
     }
     return enabled;