diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index 3e82b8e12df02..a30a3a9251767 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ object SQLConf {
       " a heavily underestimated result.")
     .version("2.3.1")
     .doubleConf
-    .checkValue(_ > 0, "the value of fileDataSizeFactor must be greater than 0")
+    .checkValue(_ > 0, "the value of fileCompressionFactor must be greater than 0")
     .createWithDefault(1.0)
 
   val PARQUET_SCHEMA_MERGING_ENABLED = buildConf("spark.sql.parquet.mergeSchema")