diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOobject/IOobjectWriteHeader.C b/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOobject/IOobjectWriteHeader.C
index 6e647c9ca5e9eb47e53195a99ef88c720e62dafa..37dfdb7ad3577d7f2adeb221de1fa3c305b0ae67 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOobject/IOobjectWriteHeader.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOobject/IOobjectWriteHeader.C
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ bool Foam::IOobject::writeHeader(Ostream& os) const
     // outdent for visibility and more space
     if (note().size())
     {
-        os  << "    note    " << note() << ";\n";
+        os  << "    note        " << note() << ";\n";
     }
 
     os  << "    location    " << instance()/local() << ";\n"