diff --git a/Code/IO/otbGDALImageIO.cxx b/Code/IO/otbGDALImageIO.cxx
index affc5f28ba3ed680b46fb1ae8d8cb6b3b696586e..5ffd39187f02735ad8f21e2965e275e0a1d0d709 100644
--- a/Code/IO/otbGDALImageIO.cxx
+++ b/Code/IO/otbGDALImageIO.cxx
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ namespace otb
     	
     if(m_poBands==NULL)
     {
-      itkExceptionMacro(<<"Erreur d'allocation memoire du 'rasterBands'");
+      itkExceptionMacro(<<"Memory allocation error for 'rasterBands'");
     }
     for(int i=0 ; i<m_NbBands ; i++)
     {