diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index f547efd2944..8ba6406b489 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -10490,7 +10490,7 @@ xlog_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
 		 */
 		if (xlrec.ThisTimeLineID != ThisTimeLineID)
 			ereport(PANIC,
-					(errmsg("unexpected timeline ID %u (should be %u) in checkpoint record",
+					(errmsg("unexpected timeline ID %u (should be %u) in end-of-recovery record",
 							xlrec.ThisTimeLineID, ThisTimeLineID)));
 	}
 	else if (info == XLOG_NOOP)