diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/CoreXrefParser.pm b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/CoreXrefParser.pm
index f86061837452999e137f3830927e19a405201a47..9fe79c837e3d216e765154300be631da31d1dbd3 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/CoreXrefParser.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/CoreXrefParser.pm
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ sub run_script {
       # print STDERR "processing " . @xrefs . " xrefs\n";
 
       if (@xrefs == 0) {
-	  print sTDERR "No xrefs for gene, " . $object->stable() . "!\n";
+	  print STDERR "No xrefs for gene, " . $object->stable() . "!\n";
       }
 
       foreach my $xref (@xrefs) {