diff --git a/src/bin/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c b/src/bin/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
index f24dcabb5b..02575eb1c5 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.c
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* we don't know what to print */
 	if (XLogRecPtrIsInvalid(private.startptr))
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: no start log position given in range mode.\n", progname);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: no start log position given.\n", progname);
 		goto bad_argument;
 	}