diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
index fbb1a2be7c8..50c80872e8a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_recvlogical.sgml
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ 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 02b8e272c37..193adac088e 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_recvlogical.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_recvlogical.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ 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);