diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/base/server/ws_handler/rpc.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/base/server/ws_handler/rpc.py
index d7e4064138afa..a4540c35d425e 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/base/server/ws_handler/rpc.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/base/server/ws_handler/rpc.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ async def process_message(self, app: RpcWebSocketApp, message: Any):
             return
         if not app.private_methods and method.private:
             # FIXME: Eventually, prohibit this
-            self.middleware.logger.warning("Private method %r called on a connection without private method call "
+            self.middleware.logger.warning("Private method %r called on a connection without private_methods  "
                                            "enabled", method.name)
 
         asyncio.ensure_future(self.process_method_call(app, id_, method, message.get("params", [])))