diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/file/DiskFile.cpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/file/DiskFile.cpp
index 2b58b23b5ddb578f2e068c1bbbfea47c8b6a462d..1417dd078046cab7730c608193a7c24783323260 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/file/DiskFile.cpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/file/DiskFile.cpp
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ void XrootBaseWriteFile::close()  {
   if (m_closeTried) return;
   m_closeTried=true;
   XrootClEx::throwOnError(m_xrootFile.Close(m_timeout),
-    std::string("In XrootWriteFile::close failed XrdCl::File::Stat() on ")+m_URL);
+    std::string("In XrootWriteFile::close failed XrdCl::File::Close() on ")+m_URL);
 }
 
 XrootBaseWriteFile::~XrootBaseWriteFile() throw() {