diff --git a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
index 5e8e014e4cab829ef20192e45b2083560b994260..26368bdf871615582534710ddb6c8edfd7fa6d9e 100644
--- a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
+++ b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
@@ -2988,7 +2988,7 @@ void RdbmsCatalogue::modifyArchiveRouteTapePoolName(const common::dataStructures
 
     if(0 == stmt.getNbAffectedRows()) {
       exception::UserError ue;
-      ue.getMessage() << "The archive archive route does not exist";
+      ue.getMessage() << "Archive route does not exist";
       throw ue;
     }
   } catch(exception::UserError &ue) {