diff --git a/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c b/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c
index 7556fb3f22a..f8f31382835 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c
@@ -2635,7 +2635,7 @@ check_old_cluster_global_names(ClusterInfo *cluster)
 	{
 		fclose(script);
 		pg_log(PG_REPORT, "fatal");
-		pg_fatal("Your installation contains databases, roles, or tablespace with names\n"
+		pg_fatal("Your installation contains databases, roles, or tablespaces with names\n"
 				 "with invalid characters (newline or carriage return).  To fix this,\n"
 				 "rename these objects.\n"
 				 "A list of all objects with invalid names is in the file:\n"