diff --git a/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts b/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts
index 7c9b451a..c9e60b13 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts
+++ b/src/middlewares/openapi.request.validator.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export class RequestValidator {
         throw validationError(
           400,
           `.query.${q}`,
-          `Empty valued found for query parameter '${q}'`,
+          `Empty value found for query parameter '${q}'`,
         );
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/query.params.spec.ts b/test/query.params.spec.ts
index de30fe50..59cdba6c 100644
--- a/test/query.params.spec.ts
+++ b/test/query.params.spec.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe(packageJson.name, () => {
       .then(r => {
         expect(r.body)
           .to.have.property('message')
-          .that.equals('query parameter breed has empty value');
+          .that.equals("Empty value found for query parameter 'breed'");
         expect(r.body.errors)
           .to.be.an('array')
           .with.length(1);