diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
index 3464662abb4..e709f6f4d81 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ lazy_truncate_heap(Relation onerel, LVRelStats *vacrelstats)
 				vacrelstats->lock_waiter_detected = true;
 				ereport(LOG,
 						(errmsg("automatic vacuum of table \"%s.%s.%s\": "
-								"cannot (re)acquire exclusive "
+								"could not (re)acquire exclusive "
 								"lock for truncate scan",
 								get_database_name(MyDatabaseId),
 							get_namespace_name(RelationGetNamespace(onerel)),