diff --git a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/User.cs b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/User.cs
index 5c14f85507..ffa6c790e0 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/User.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/User.cs
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="id">The id.</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        [Obsolete("The legacy user object should no longer be used, use the WebSecurity class to access the current user or the UserService to retreive a user by id")]
+        [Obsolete("The legacy user object should no longer be used, use the WebSecurity class to access the current user or the UserService to retrieve a user by id")]
         public static User GetUser(int id)
         {
             var result = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(id);