diff --git a/src/mqtt.cpp b/src/mqtt.cpp
index fba589c11..0d1ce33ac 100644
--- a/src/mqtt.cpp
+++ b/src/mqtt.cpp
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ void Mqtt::process_queue() {
 
     // else try and publish it
     uint16_t packet_id = mqttClient_->publish(topic, mqtt_qos_, message->retain, message->payload.c_str(), message->payload.size(), false, mqtt_message.id_);
-    LOG_DEBUG(F("Publishing topic %s (#%02d, retain=%d, try#%d, size %d, pid %d)"),
+    LOG_DEBUG(F("Publishing topic %s (#%02d, retain=%d, retry=%d, size=%d, pid=%d)"),
               topic,
               mqtt_message.id_,
               message->retain,