diff --git a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/notations/DependencyConstraintNotationParser.java b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/notations/DependencyConstraintNotationParser.java
index 3ed83d16e790..0059d4a7c5cd 100644
--- a/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/notations/DependencyConstraintNotationParser.java
+++ b/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/notations/DependencyConstraintNotationParser.java
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ private final static class UnsupportedCapabilitiesHandler implements ModuleDepen
 
         @Override
         public void requireCapability(Object capabilityNotation) {
-            throw new InvalidUserDataException("Capabilies are not supported by dependency constraints");
+            throw new InvalidUserDataException("Capabilities are not supported by dependency constraints");
         }
 
         @Override
         public void requireCapabilities(Object... capabilityNotations) {
-            throw new InvalidUserDataException("Capabilies are not supported by dependency constraints");
+            throw new InvalidUserDataException("Capabilities are not supported by dependency constraints");
         }
     }
 }