diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/020_archive_status.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/020_archive_status.pl
index 401412e687..e0b4bf6e9f 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/020_archive_status.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/020_archive_status.pl
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ is( $primary->safe_psql(
 		FROM pg_stat_archiver
 	}),
 	"0|$segment_name_1",
-	'pg_stat_archiver failed to archive $segment_name_1');
+	"pg_stat_archiver failed to archive $segment_name_1");
 
 # Crash the cluster for the next test in charge of checking that non-archived
 # WAL segments are not removed.