diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/createPatch/createPatch.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/createPatch/createPatch.C
index 1df5e9dae8..54b9c03391 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/createPatch/createPatch.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/createPatch/createPatch.C
@@ -508,18 +508,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     const bool overwrite = args.optionFound("overwrite");
 
-    word sampleDictName
+    word dictName
     (
         args.optionLookupOrDefault<word>("dict", "createPatchDict")
     );
 
-    Info<< "Reading " << sampleDictName << nl << endl;
+    Info<< "Reading " << dictName << nl << endl;
 
     IOdictionary dict
     (
         IOobject
         (
-            sampleDictName,
+            dictName,
             runTime.system(),
             (
                 meshRegionName != polyMesh::defaultRegion