diff --git a/src/dynamicMesh/dynamicMesh/polyMeshModifiers/polyhedralRefinement/polyhedralRefinement.C b/src/dynamicMesh/dynamicMesh/polyMeshModifiers/polyhedralRefinement/polyhedralRefinement.C
index fd68a8353..7abf9d82a 100644
--- a/src/dynamicMesh/dynamicMesh/polyMeshModifiers/polyhedralRefinement/polyhedralRefinement.C
+++ b/src/dynamicMesh/dynamicMesh/polyMeshModifiers/polyhedralRefinement/polyhedralRefinement.C
@@ -3514,8 +3514,8 @@ Foam::polyhedralRefinement::polyhedralRefinement
             << " unrefinement buffer layers and " << nRefinementBufferLayers_
             << " refinement buffer layers."
             << nl
-            << "Make sure that the number of unrefinement buffer layers is "
-            << "at least nRefinementBufferLayers + 2" << nl
+            << "Make sure that the number of refinement buffer layers is "
+            << "at least nUnrefinementBufferLayers + 2" << nl
             << "in order to avoid problems with point level inconsistency when "
             << "refinement and unrefinement are performed in same iteration."
             << endl;