diff --git a/src/bamToFastq/bamToFastq.cpp b/src/bamToFastq/bamToFastq.cpp
index 8b80e7f729c1cedb719da3649da0a917aad2577b..72f324f749aed4b78c2d040375ee884279a51ea7 100644
--- a/src/bamToFastq/bamToFastq.cpp
+++ b/src/bamToFastq/bamToFastq.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void BamToFastq::PairedFastq() {
                 if (bam1.IsPaired()) 
                 {
                     cerr << "*****WARNING: Query " << bam1.Name
-                         << " is marked as paired, but it's mate does not occur"
+                         << " is marked as paired, but its mate does not occur"
                          << " next to it in your BAM file.  Skipping. " << endl;
                 }
                 bam1 = bam2;