diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
index 0af2343b87b..3f1ff20badb 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
   <para>
    <application>pg_recvlogical</application> will preserve group permissions on
-   the received WAL files if group permissions are enabled on the source
+   the output files if group permissions are enabled on the source
    cluster.
   </para>
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_recvlogical.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_recvlogical.c
index f3c7937a1df..7228d54cc2d 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_recvlogical.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_recvlogical.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ StreamLogicalLog(void)
 				outfd = fileno(stdout);
 			else
 				outfd = open(outfile, O_CREAT | O_APPEND | O_WRONLY | PG_BINARY,
-							 S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+							 pg_file_create_mode);
 			if (outfd == -1)
 			{
 				pg_log_error("could not open log file \"%s\": %m", outfile);