diff --git a/docs-web-common/src/main/java/com/sismics/rest/util/ValidationUtil.java b/docs-web-common/src/main/java/com/sismics/rest/util/ValidationUtil.java
index 56b96e63..0c5a279d 100644
--- a/docs-web-common/src/main/java/com/sismics/rest/util/ValidationUtil.java
+++ b/docs-web-common/src/main/java/com/sismics/rest/util/ValidationUtil.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class ValidationUtil {
         }
     }
     
-    public static void validateUsernamepattern(String s, String name) throws ClientException {
+    public static void validateUsername(String s, String name) throws ClientException {
         if (!USERNAME_PATTERN.matcher(s).matches()) {
             throw new ClientException("ValidationError", MessageFormat.format("{0} must have only alphanumeric, underscore characters or @ and .", name));
         }
diff --git a/docs-web/src/main/java/com/sismics/docs/rest/resource/UserResource.java b/docs-web/src/main/java/com/sismics/docs/rest/resource/UserResource.java
index 4878d7f7..3e36d667 100644
--- a/docs-web/src/main/java/com/sismics/docs/rest/resource/UserResource.java
+++ b/docs-web/src/main/java/com/sismics/docs/rest/resource/UserResource.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class UserResource extends BaseResource {
         
         // Validate the input data
         username = ValidationUtil.validateLength(username, "username", 3, 50);
-        ValidationUtil.validateUsernamepattern(username, "username");
+        ValidationUtil.validateUsername(username, "username");
         password = ValidationUtil.validateLength(password, "password", 8, 50);
         email = ValidationUtil.validateLength(email, "email", 1, 100);
         Long storageQuota = ValidationUtil.validateLong(storageQuotaStr, "storage_quota");