diff --git a/fluent/migrate/context.py b/fluent/migrate/context.py
index fc2de7aa..7d6a8a4f 100644
--- a/fluent/migrate/context.py
+++ b/fluent/migrate/context.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def getParser(path):
 from .cldr import get_plural_categories
 from .transforms import Source
 from .merge import merge_resource
+from .util import get_message
 from .errors import (
     EmptyLocalizationError, NotSupportedError, UnreadableReferenceError)
 
@@ -205,11 +206,20 @@ def get_sources(acc, cur):
         self.reference_resources[target] = reference_ast
 
         for node in transforms:
+            ident = node.id.name
             # Scan `node` for `Source` nodes and collect the information they
             # store into a set of dependencies.
             dependencies = fold(get_sources, node, set())
             # Set these sources as dependencies for the current transform.
-            self.dependencies[(target, node.id.name)] = dependencies
+            self.dependencies[(target, ident)] = dependencies
+
+            # The target Fluent message should exist in the reference file. If
+            # it doesn't, it's probably a typo.
+            if get_message(reference_ast.body, ident) is None:
+                logger = logging.getLogger('migrate')
+                logger.warn(
+                    '{} "{}" was not found in {}'.format(
+                        type(node).__name__, ident, reference))
 
         # Keep track of localization resource paths which were defined as
         # sources in the transforms.
diff --git a/fluent/migrate/util.py b/fluent/migrate/util.py
index 0858bb06..aa78b222 100644
--- a/fluent/migrate/util.py
+++ b/fluent/migrate/util.py
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ def to_json(merged_iter):
     }
 
 
+LOCALIZABLE_ENTRIES = (FTL.Message, FTL.Term)
+
 def get_message(body, ident):
     """Get message called `ident` from the `body` iterable."""
     for entity in body:
-        if isinstance(entity, FTL.Message) and entity.id.name == ident:
+        if isinstance(entity, LOCALIZABLE_ENTRIES) and entity.id.name == ident:
             return entity