diff --git a/includes/gene_search.form.inc b/includes/gene_search.form.inc
index 4b7662f0..40a4dd25 100644
--- a/includes/gene_search.form.inc
+++ b/includes/gene_search.form.inc
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ function tripal_elasticsearch_gene_search_index_results($display_download = FALS
   try {
     $es = new ESInstance();
   } catch (Exception $exception) {
-    drupal_set_message('An error encountered whil eprocessing your request. Please try again later.', 'error');
+    drupal_set_message('An error encountered while processing your request. Please try again later.', 'error');
     watchdog('tripal_elasticsearch', 'Feature/Gene search form resulted in this error: '.$exception->getMessage(), [], WATCHDOG_ERROR);
     return '';
   }
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ function tripal_elasticsearch_gene_search_index_results($display_download = FALS
     $results = $es->setTableSearchParams('gene_search_index', '', $query)
       ->paginate(15);
   } catch (Exception $exception) {
-    drupal_set_message('An error encountered whil eprocessing your request. Please try again later.', 'error');
+    drupal_set_message('An error encountered while processing your request. Please try again later.', 'error');
     watchdog('tripal_elasticsearch', 'Feature/Gene search form resulted in this error: '.$exception->getMessage(), [], WATCHDOG_ERROR);
     return '';
   }