diff --git a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/PointType.java b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/PointType.java
index 55a9df50be4..abe97b796fa 100644
--- a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/PointType.java
+++ b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/PointType.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class PointType extends CoordinateFieldType implements SpatialQueryable {
 
   @Override
   public SortField getSortField(SchemaField field, boolean top) {
-    throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST, "Sorting not suported on PointType " + field.getName());
+    throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST, "Sorting not supported on PointType " + field.getName());
   }
 
   @Override