diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java
index f5552984eb09f44728f3a5d1e34e51a312fca596..105bebef99221c541d497a8c40d7d92414d2dd7c 100644
--- a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ public class XmlBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader {
 		}
 		if (!currentResources.add(encodedResource)) {
 			throw new BeanDefinitionStoreException(
-					"Detected recursive loading of " + encodedResource + " - check your import definitions!");
+					"Detected cyclic loading of " + encodedResource + " - check your import definitions!");
 		}
 		try {
 			InputStream inputStream = encodedResource.getResource().getInputStream();