diff --git a/src/formatters/checkstyle-xml.js b/src/formatters/checkstyle-xml.js
index 43a951bc..00304b50 100644
--- a/src/formatters/checkstyle-xml.js
+++ b/src/formatters/checkstyle-xml.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
          * @return {String} The error message.
          */
         readError: function(filename, message) {
-            return "<file name=\"" + xmlEscape(filename) + "\"><error line=\"0\" column=\"0\" severty=\"error\" message=\"" + xmlEscape(message) + "\"></error></file>";
+            return "<file name=\"" + xmlEscape(filename) + "\"><error line=\"0\" column=\"1\" severity=\"error\" message=\"" + xmlEscape(message) + "\"></error></file>";
         },
 
         /**