diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/auth.c b/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
index 9ad99ceafa8..2611115ec5c 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/auth.c
@@ -1590,8 +1590,9 @@ auth_peer(hbaPort *port)
 	if (!pw)
 	{
 		ereport(LOG,
-				(errmsg("could not to look up local user ID %ld: %s",
-		   (long) uid, errno ? strerror(errno) : _("user does not exist"))));
+				(errmsg("could not look up local user ID %ld: %s",
+						(long) uid,
+						errno ? strerror(errno) : _("user does not exist"))));
 		return STATUS_ERROR;
 	}