diff --git a/src/network/networkd-util.c b/src/network/networkd-util.c
index 17165266efe..df091393f6f 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-util.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-util.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int config_parse_address_family_boolean_with_kernel(
                 if (streq(rvalue, "kernel"))
                         s = _ADDRESS_FAMILY_BOOLEAN_INVALID;
                 else {
-                        log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0, "Failed to parse IPForwarding= option, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
+                        log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0, "Failed to parse IPForward= option, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
                         return 0;
                 }
         }