diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java
index 2cab29a7bc289..355267a43a8f4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java
@@ -2208,7 +2208,7 @@ public ActionRequestValidationException validate(
         if (retriever() != null) {
             if (allowPartialSearchResults && retriever().isCompound()) {
                 validationException = addValidationError(
-                    "cannot specify a compound retriever and [allow_search_partial_results]",
+                    "cannot specify a compound retriever and [allow_partial_search_results]",
                     validationException
                 );
             }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequestTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequestTests.java
index 84d5633e3d9a3..84a4eab897ba8 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequestTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequestTests.java
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ public boolean isCompound() {
             assertNotNull(validationErrors);
             assertEquals(1, validationErrors.validationErrors().size());
             assertEquals(
-                "cannot specify a compound retriever and [allow_search_partial_results]",
+                "cannot specify a compound retriever and [allow_partial_search_results]",
                 validationErrors.validationErrors().get(0)
             );
         }