diff --git a/include/verilated.cpp b/include/verilated.cpp
index 38ecdf221..46192052f 100644
--- a/include/verilated.cpp
+++ b/include/verilated.cpp
@@ -2310,7 +2310,7 @@ std::string VerilatedContext::dumpfile() const VL_MT_SAFE_EXCLUDES(m_timeDumpMut
 std::string VerilatedContext::dumpfileCheck() const VL_MT_SAFE_EXCLUDES(m_timeDumpMutex) {
     std::string out = dumpfile();
     if (VL_UNLIKELY(out.empty())) {
-        VL_PRINTF_MT("%%Warning: $dumpvar ignored as not proceeded by $dumpfile\n");
+        VL_PRINTF_MT("%%Warning: $dumpvar ignored as not preceded by $dumpfile\n");
         return "";
     }
     return out;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_trace_dumporder_bad.out b/test_regress/t/t_trace_dumporder_bad.out
index f73b7d67a..84fe64421 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_trace_dumporder_bad.out
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_trace_dumporder_bad.out
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-%Warning: $dumpvar ignored as not proceeded by $dumpfile
+%Warning: $dumpvar ignored as not preceded by $dumpfile
 *-* All Finished *-*