diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index 2aba669522652..2cf734b0e5c43 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ def secret_key_base
               config.secret_key_base
             else
               Rails.deprecator.warn(<<~MSG.squish)
-                Your `secret_key_base is configured in `Rails.application.secrets`,
+                Your `secret_key_base` is configured in `Rails.application.secrets`,
                 which is deprecated in favor of `Rails.application.credentials` and
                 will be removed in Rails 7.2.
               MSG