diff --git a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/cost_calculator.py b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/cost_calculator.py
index 9fa57f6bf96..340ad418e38 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/cost_calculator.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/cost_calculator.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def cost_per_character(
                 prompt_cost = prompt_characters * model_info["input_cost_per_character"]
         except Exception as e:
             verbose_logger.debug(
-                "litellm.litellm_core_utils.llm_cost_calc.google.py::cost_per_character(): Exception occured - {}\nDefaulting to None".format(
+                "litellm.litellm_core_utils.llm_cost_calc.google.py::cost_per_character(): Exception occurred - {}\nDefaulting to None".format(
                     str(e)
                 )
             )
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def cost_per_character(
                 )
         except Exception as e:
             verbose_logger.debug(
-                "litellm.litellm_core_utils.llm_cost_calc.google.py::cost_per_character(): Exception occured - {}\nDefaulting to None".format(
+                "litellm.litellm_core_utils.llm_cost_calc.google.py::cost_per_character(): Exception occurred - {}\nDefaulting to None".format(
                     str(e)
                 )
             )