diff --git a/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/DbProcessEngineBuilder.java b/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/DbProcessEngineBuilder.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/DbProcessEngineBuilder.java
+++ b/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/DbProcessEngineBuilder.java
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ public class DbProcessEngineBuilder {
       } else if ("check-version".equals(dbSchemaStrategy)) {

         this.dbSchemaStrategy = DbSchemaStrategy.CHECK_VERSION;

       } else {

-        throw new ActivitiException("unknown db.schema.strategy: '"+dbSchemaStrategy+"': should be 'create-drop' or 'check-version'");

+        throw new ActivitiException("unknown db.schema.strategy: '"+dbSchemaStrategy

+                +"': should be 'create', 'create-drop' or 'check-version'");

       }

     }
Added 'create' to DbSchemaStrategy, since I needed it for testing (rebooting the processEgine)