diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/fix-pdk-service-errmsg.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/fix-pdk-service-errmsg.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1468dbaea215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/fix-pdk-service-errmsg.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message: "**PDK**: fix the error message in kong.pdk.service.set_retries"
+scope: PDK
+type: bugfix
diff --git a/kong/pdk/service.lua b/kong/pdk/service.lua
index 182c771753dd..c936cfc14cb8 100644
--- a/kong/pdk/service.lua
+++ b/kong/pdk/service.lua
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ local function new()
       error("retries must be an integer", 2)
     end
     if retries < 0 or retries > 32767 then
-      error("port must be an integer between 0 and 32767: given " .. retries, 2)
+      error("retries must be an integer between 0 and 32767: given " .. retries, 2)
     end
 
     local ctx = ngx.ctx