diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 7fca8ceb9..d1261fe30 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ check_err() {
         echo 'Link has been severed'
       ;;
       100)
-        echo 'Netowrk is down'
+        echo 'Network is down'
       ;;
       101)
         echo 'Network is unreachable'