diff --git a/core/log_io.c b/core/log_io.c
index a90dfb5b511ed60db2b4d379f9abe60606ae4481..55a0ba46d706558809bbe6359386893e291bcff0 100644
--- a/core/log_io.c
+++ b/core/log_io.c
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ recover_remaining_wals(struct recovery_state *r)
 			if (suffix++ < 10)
 				continue;
 
-			say_error("too many filename confilcters");
+			say_error("too many filename conflicters");
 			result = -1;
 			break;
 		} else {