diff --git a/services/filestore/app/coffee/s3Wrapper.coffee b/services/filestore/app/coffee/s3Wrapper.coffee
index 3e0c322a1a..e64764694f 100644
--- a/services/filestore/app/coffee/s3Wrapper.coffee
+++ b/services/filestore/app/coffee/s3Wrapper.coffee
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ module.exports =
 		options = buildDefaultOptions(bucketName, "head", key)
 		request options, (err, res)->
 			if err?
-				logger.err err:err, res:res, bucketName:bucketName, key:key, "something went wrong copying file in aws"
+				logger.err err:err, res:res, bucketName:bucketName, key:key, "something went wrong checking file in aws"
 			if !res?
 				logger.err err:err, res:res, bucketName:bucketName, key:key, "no response object returned when checking if file exists"
 				err = new Error("no response from s3 #{bucketName} #{key}")