diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java
index 8f7edbf13d..a8c97c3eaa 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ public class InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl implements InFlightMetadataCollector
 				throw new DuplicateMappingException(
 						String.format(
 								Locale.ENGLISH,
-								"Table [%s] contains physical column name [%s] referred to by multiple physical " +
+								"Table [%s] contains physical column name [%s] referred to by multiple logical " +
 										"column names: [%s], [%s]",
 								tableName,
 								physicalName,