diff --git a/examples/USER/cgdna/util/generate.py b/examples/USER/cgdna/util/generate.py
index 5bf5b9cab6a57fcccc8b1ef645164339f7685ab2..eb97f482ccd167c3334a7fe8bfd7f3313231696d 100644
--- a/examples/USER/cgdna/util/generate.py
+++ b/examples/USER/cgdna/util/generate.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ try:
     box_length = float(sys.argv[2])
     infile = sys.argv[3]
 except:
-    rint >> sys.stderr, "Usage: %s <%s> <%s> <%s>" % (sys.argv[0], \
+    print >> sys.stderr, "Usage: %s <%s> <%s> <%s>" % (sys.argv[0], \
 	"box offset", "box length", "file with sequences")
     sys.exit(1)
 box = np.array ([box_length, box_length, box_length])