diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 6d37b82330d..3d76fad1282 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -10383,7 +10383,7 @@ VerifyOverwriteContrecord(xl_overwrite_contrecord *xlrec, XLogReaderState *state
 			 (uint32) state->overwrittenRecPtr);
 
 	ereport(LOG,
-			(errmsg("sucessfully skipped missing contrecord at %X/%X, overwritten at %s",
+			(errmsg("successfully skipped missing contrecord at %X/%X, overwritten at %s",
 					(uint32) (xlrec->overwritten_lsn >> 32),
 					(uint32) xlrec->overwritten_lsn,
 					timestamptz_to_str(xlrec->overwrite_time))));
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/026_overwrite_contrecord.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/026_overwrite_contrecord.pl
index c35e3717276..4fac44e2617 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/026_overwrite_contrecord.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/026_overwrite_contrecord.pl
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ok($node_standby->safe_psql('postgres', 'select * from foo') eq 'hello',
 my $log = slurp_file($node_standby->logfile);
 like(
 	$log,
-	qr[sucessfully skipped missing contrecord at],
+	qr[successfully skipped missing contrecord at],
 	"found log line in standby");
 
 $node->stop;