diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/java/akka/actor/JavaAPI.java b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/java/akka/actor/JavaAPI.java
index 70f45e4c8f..799e66b880 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/java/akka/actor/JavaAPI.java
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/java/akka/actor/JavaAPI.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class JavaAPI {
       assertNotNull(ref);
   }
 
-  @Test void mustAcceptSingleArgTryTell() {
+  @Test void mustAcceptSingleArgTell() {
     ActorRef ref = app.actorOf(JavaAPITestActor.class);
     ref.tell("hallo");
     ref.tell("hallo", ref);