diff --git a/txnserver/ledger_web_client.py b/txnserver/ledger_web_client.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/txnserver/ledger_web_client.py
+++ b/txnserver/ledger_web_client.py
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ class LedgerWebClient(object):
         except urllib2.HTTPError as err:
             logger.error('peer operation on url %s failed with response: %d',
                          url, err.code)
-            raise MessageException('operation failed with resonse: {0}'.format(
-                err.code))
+            raise MessageException('operation failed '
+                                   'with response: {0}'.format(err.code))
 
         except urllib2.URLError as err:
             logger.error('peer operation on url %s failed: %s',
Fix line length issue for lint