Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/utils/consistency/checkfield.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/utils/consistency/checkfield.m	(revision 12673)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/utils/consistency/checkfield.m	(revision 12674)
@@ -183,5 +183,5 @@
 		if any(field(end,:)~=sort(field(end,:))),
 			md = checkmessage(md,getfieldvalue(options,'message',...
-				['field ''' fieldname ''' columns should be chronological']));
+				['field ''' fieldname ''' columns should be sorted chronologically']));
 		end
 		if any(field(end,1:end-1)==field(end,2:end)),