diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index b22ac1aa1f42..18c84d03d943 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fix issue 17734 to retry on rate-limit error in the Filebeat httpjson input. {issue}17734[17734] {pull}17735[17735]
 - Remove migrationVersion map 7.7.0 reference from Kibana dashboard file to fix backward compatibility issues. {pull}17425[17425]
 - Fixed `cloudfoundry.access` to have the correct `cloudfoundry.app.id` contents. {pull}17847[17847]
+- Fixed typo in log message. {pull}17897[17897]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/filebeat/input/log/input.go b/filebeat/input/log/input.go
index ac0d71cf53d6..b3cf40495510 100644
--- a/filebeat/input/log/input.go
+++ b/filebeat/input/log/input.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func NewInput(
 // It goes through all states coming from the registry. Only the states which match the glob patterns of
 // the input will be loaded and updated. All other states will not be touched.
 func (p *Input) loadStates(states []file.State) error {
-	logp.Debug("input", "exclude_files: %s. Number of stats: %d", p.config.ExcludeFiles, len(states))
+	logp.Debug("input", "exclude_files: %s. Number of states: %d", p.config.ExcludeFiles, len(states))
 
 	for _, state := range states {
 		// Check if state source belongs to this input. If yes, update the state.