diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index f97b59845..9db27f9aa 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
             elif default_search == 'error':
                 raise ExtractorError(
                     ('%r is not a valid URL. '
-                     'Set --default-search "ytseach" (or run  youtube-dl "ytsearch:%s" ) to search YouTube'
+                     'Set --default-search "ytsearch" (or run  youtube-dl "ytsearch:%s" ) to search YouTube'
                     ) % (url, url), expected=True)
             else:
                 assert ':' in default_search