diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
index 25e8e9780..e3c02e2b8 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/create_distributed_table.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ CreateDistributedTableConcurrently(Oid relationId, char *distributionColumnName,
 															colocateWithTableName);
 	if (replicationModel == REPLICATION_MODEL_COORDINATOR)
 	{
-		ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("cannot create a replicated distributed a "
+		ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("cannot create a replicated distributed "
 							   "table concurrently")));
 	}