diff --git a/runtime/nls/shrc/j9shr.nls b/runtime/nls/shrc/j9shr.nls
index 7ce3b91c27a..00944243d34 100644
--- a/runtime/nls/shrc/j9shr.nls
+++ b/runtime/nls/shrc/j9shr.nls
@@ -2955,7 +2955,7 @@ J9NLS_SHRC_CM_PRINTSTATS_CACHE_CREATED_WITH.system_action=
 J9NLS_SHRC_CM_PRINTSTATS_CACHE_CREATED_WITH.user_response=
 # END NON-TRANSLATABLE
 
-J9NLS_SHRC_SHRINIT_FAILURE_COPYING_USERNAME_TOOLONG=The cache name is to long when the user name is included. There are %d bytes left in this buffer, and your user name is %d bytes.
+J9NLS_SHRC_SHRINIT_FAILURE_COPYING_USERNAME_TOOLONG=The cache name is too long when the user name is included. There are %d bytes left in this buffer, and your user name is %d bytes.
 # START NON-TRANSLATABLE
 J9NLS_SHRC_SHRINIT_FAILURE_COPYING_USERNAME_TOOLONG.sample_input_1=23
 J9NLS_SHRC_SHRINIT_FAILURE_COPYING_USERNAME_TOOLONG.sample_input_2=45
diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/nameOption6.bat b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/nameOption6.bat
index a2723b13794..dec770695b6 100644
--- a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/nameOption6.bat
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/nameOption6.bat
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ set NAME=%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u%%u
 %1\java -Xshareclasses:name=%NAME% HelloWorld  2> %TESTSCRIPT%.out
 
 if exist %TESTSCRIPT%.out (
-    %1\java SimpleGrep "The cache name is to long when the user name is included." %TESTSCRIPT%.out
+    %1\java SimpleGrep "The cache name is too long when the user name is included." %TESTSCRIPT%.out
 ) else (
     echo %TESTSCRIPT%: TEST FAILED: No file created
 )
diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/nameOption6.sh b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/nameOption6.sh
index 5cac684e5ad..4f3362bd243 100644
--- a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/nameOption6.sh
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/nameOption6.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if [ ! -e $TESTSCRIPT.out ]
 then
     echo $TESTSCRIPT: TEST FAILED: No file created
 else
-    if( grep "The cache name is to long when the user name is included." $TESTSCRIPT.out ) 
+    if( grep "The cache name is too long when the user name is included." $TESTSCRIPT.out ) 
     then
         echo TEST PASSED
 	else
diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/sharedClassesUtil.pl b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/sharedClassesUtil.pl
index 7126fd14568..c1d9caf8ec3 100644
--- a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/sharedClassesUtil.pl
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/shareClassTests/SCCommandLineOptionTests/sharedClassesUtil.pl
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ sub copy_groupname_err_msg {
 
 # error msg to indicate that the cache name could not accomodate the expansion of %u
 sub copy_username_err_msg {
-	return "The cache name is to long when the user name is included";
+	return "The cache name is too long when the user name is included";
 }
 
 sub get_short_string_for_user{