diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_createsubscriber.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_createsubscriber.c
index 2469c56d446..95f127d09fc 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_createsubscriber.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_createsubscriber.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ modify_subscriber_sysid(const struct CreateSubscriberOptions *opt)
 		int			rc = system(cmd_str);
 
 		if (rc == 0)
-			pg_log_info("subscriber successfully reset WAL on the subscriber");
+			pg_log_info("successfully reset WAL on the subscriber");
 		else
 			pg_fatal("could not reset WAL on subscriber: %s", wait_result_to_str(rc));
 	}