diff --git a/src/imxml2django.py b/src/imxml2django.py
index 8396c08..82eb8f4 100755
--- a/src/imxml2django.py
+++ b/src/imxml2django.py
@@ -1919,7 +1919,7 @@ def bring_footnote_down_django(footnote, fragment, footnote_number, object_numbe
     corresponding_attribute = pc.get("corresp")[1:]
     corresponding_paragraph = xmlDjangoTree.xpath("//EOAparagraph[@xml:id='{}']".format(corresponding_attribute))
     if len(corresponding_paragraph) == 0:
-        logging.error("There seems to be no corresponding xml:id for %s. Exiting." % corresponding_attribute)
+        logging.error("There is no corresponding xml:id for %s. Exiting." % corresponding_attribute)
         sys.exit(1)
     elif len(corresponding_paragraph) > 1:
         logging.error("The xml:id %s has been assigned more than once. This is not allowed. Exiting." % corresponding_paragraph[0].attrib["{http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace}id"])