diff --git a/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py b/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py
index bee2ff7f64..0d57feaef4 100644
--- a/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py
+++ b/llmfoundry/callbacks/hf_checkpointer.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def run_event(self, event: Event, state: State, logger: Logger) -> None:
                 wait_time = time.time() - wait_start
                 if wait_time > timeout:
                     raise TimeoutError(
-                        f'Waited {wait_time} seconds for child processes to complete. Exceed timeout of {timeout} seconds.'
+                        f'Waited {wait_time} seconds for child processes to complete. Exceeded timeout of {timeout} seconds.'
                     )
                 time.sleep(2)