diff --git a/tools/python/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 70108cdb3..976929b27 100644
--- a/tools/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ add_subdirectory(../../dlib/external/pybind11 ./pybind11_build)
 add_subdirectory(../../dlib ./dlib_build)
 
 if (USING_OLD_VISUAL_STUDIO_COMPILER)
-   message(FATAL_ERROR "You have to use a version of Visual Studio that supports C++11.  As of December 2017, the only versions that have good enough C++11 support to compile the dlib Pyhton API is a fully updated Visual Studio 2015 or a fully updated Visual Studio 2017.  Older versions of either of these compilers have bad C++11 support and will fail to compile the Python extension. ***SO UPDATE YOUR VISUAL STUDIO TO MAKE THIS ERROR GO AWAY***")
+   message(FATAL_ERROR "You have to use a version of Visual Studio that supports C++11.  As of December 2017, the only versions that have good enough C++11 support to compile the dlib Python API is a fully updated Visual Studio 2015 or a fully updated Visual Studio 2017.  Older versions of either of these compilers have bad C++11 support and will fail to compile the Python extension. ***SO UPDATE YOUR VISUAL STUDIO TO MAKE THIS ERROR GO AWAY***")
 endif()