diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
index fbe30720ea7..f06f5d29145 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         if max_export_batch_size > max_queue_size:
             raise ValueError(
-                "max_export_batch_size must be less than and equal to max_export_batch_size."
+                "max_export_batch_size must be less than and equal to max_queue_size."
             )
 
         self.span_exporter = span_exporter