diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java
index 54b18b4b4..393e3dca4 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class DeclarationOrderCheck extends Check
             }
 
             if (state.mScopeState > STATE_METHOD_DEF) {
-                log(aAST, "declarationorder.method");
+                log(aAST, "declaration.order.method");
             }
             else {
                 state.mScopeState = STATE_METHOD_DEF;