diff --git a/contrib/pgbench/pgbench.c b/contrib/pgbench/pgbench.c
index dd777d2cdd4..5d7ad96cfff 100644
--- a/contrib/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/contrib/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			case 'M':
 				if (num_files > 0)
 				{
-					fprintf(stderr, "query mode (-M) should be specifiled before transaction scripts (-f)\n");
+					fprintf(stderr, "query mode (-M) should be specified before transaction scripts (-f)\n");
 					exit(1);
 				}
 				for (querymode = 0; querymode < NUM_QUERYMODE; querymode++)