diff --git a/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/DeltaErrors.java b/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/DeltaErrors.java
index c13767080fb..5e480eed894 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/DeltaErrors.java
+++ b/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/DeltaErrors.java
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public static ConcurrentWriteException concurrentDomainMetadataAction(
 
   public static KernelException missingNumRecordsStatsForRowTracking() {
     return new KernelException(
-        "Cannot write to a rowTracking-supported table without 'numRecord' statistics. "
+        "Cannot write to a rowTracking-supported table without 'numRecords' statistics. "
             + "Connectors are expected to populate the number of records statistics when "
             + "writing to a Delta table with 'rowTracking' table feature supported.");
   }
diff --git a/kernel/kernel-defaults/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/defaults/RowTrackingSuite.scala b/kernel/kernel-defaults/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/defaults/RowTrackingSuite.scala
index 94a64db0f5d..8dd76191fe6 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel-defaults/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/defaults/RowTrackingSuite.scala
+++ b/kernel/kernel-defaults/src/test/scala/io/delta/kernel/defaults/RowTrackingSuite.scala
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class RowTrackingSuite extends DeltaTableWriteSuiteBase with ParquetSuiteBase {
       }
       assert(
         e.getMessage.contains(
-          "Cannot write to a rowTracking-supported table without 'numRecord' statistics. "
+          "Cannot write to a rowTracking-supported table without 'numRecords' statistics. "
           + "Connectors are expected to populate the number of records statistics when "
           + "writing to a Delta table with 'rowTracking' table feature supported."
         )