diff --git a/consensus/pbft/pbft-core.go b/consensus/pbft/pbft-core.go
index 943572a5afb..c463a5c7b08 100644
--- a/consensus/pbft/pbft-core.go
+++ b/consensus/pbft/pbft-core.go
@@ -830,10 +830,10 @@ func (instance *pbftCore) recvCommit(commit *Commit) error {
 
 	if !instance.inWV(commit.View, commit.SequenceNumber) {
 		if commit.SequenceNumber != instance.h && !instance.skipInProgress {
-			logger.Warningf("Replica %d ignoring commit for view=%d/seqNo=%d: not in-wv, in view %d, high water mark %d", instance.id, commit.View, commit.SequenceNumber, instance.view, instance.h)
+			logger.Warningf("Replica %d ignoring commit for view=%d/seqNo=%d: not in-wv, in view %d, low water mark %d", instance.id, commit.View, commit.SequenceNumber, instance.view, instance.h)
 		} else {
 			// This is perfectly normal
-			logger.Debugf("Replica %d ignoring commit for view=%d/seqNo=%d: not in-wv, in view %d, high water mark %d", instance.id, commit.View, commit.SequenceNumber, instance.view, instance.h)
+			logger.Debugf("Replica %d ignoring commit for view=%d/seqNo=%d: not in-wv, in view %d, low water mark %d", instance.id, commit.View, commit.SequenceNumber, instance.view, instance.h)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}