diff --git a/mysql-test/r/merge.result b/mysql-test/r/merge.result
index f9c2f111734..1e0207683ee 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/merge.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/merge.result
@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@ t3	CREATE TABLE `t3` (
 ) ENGINE=MRG_MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 UNION=(`t1`,`t2`)
 create table t4 (a int not null, b char(10), key(a)) engine=MERGE UNION=(t1,t2);
 select * from t4;
-ERROR HY000: Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exists
+ERROR HY000: Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exist
 alter table t4 add column c int;
-ERROR HY000: Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exists
+ERROR HY000: Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exist
 flush tables;
 select * from t4;
-ERROR HY000: Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exists
+ERROR HY000: Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exist
 create database mysqltest;
 create table mysqltest.t6 (a int not null primary key auto_increment, message char(20));
 create table t5 (a int not null, b char(20), key(a)) engine=MERGE UNION=(test.t1,mysqltest.t6);
@@ -780,11 +780,11 @@ DROP TABLE t1, t2;
 CREATE TABLE t1(a INT) ENGINE=MEMORY;
 CREATE TABLE t2(a INT) ENGINE=MERGE UNION=(t1);
 SELECT * FROM t2;
-ERROR HY000: Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exists
+ERROR HY000: Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exist
 DROP TABLE t1, t2;
 CREATE TABLE t2(a INT) ENGINE=MERGE UNION=(t3);
 SELECT * FROM t2;
-ERROR HY000: Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exists
+ERROR HY000: Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exist
 DROP TABLE t2;
 create table t1 (b bit(1));
 create table t2 (b bit(1));
diff --git a/sql/share/errmsg.txt b/sql/share/errmsg.txt
index 8a2826efdcd..bdace31a66a 100644
--- a/sql/share/errmsg.txt
+++ b/sql/share/errmsg.txt
@@ -3791,7 +3791,7 @@ ER_WRONG_MRG_TABLE
         cze "V-B¹echny tabulky v MERGE tabulce nejsou definovány stejnì"
         dan "Tabellerne i MERGE er ikke defineret ens"
         nla "Niet alle tabellen in de MERGE tabel hebben identieke gedefinities"
-        eng "Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exists"
+        eng "Unable to open underlying table which is differently defined or of non-MyISAM type or doesn't exist"
         est "Kõik tabelid MERGE tabeli määratluses ei ole identsed"
         fre "Toutes les tables de la table de type MERGE n'ont pas la même définition"
         ger "Nicht alle Tabellen in der MERGE-Tabelle sind gleich definiert"