diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
index 0370112c022a..ee01ee9b218a 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
@@ -4952,7 +4952,7 @@ zfs_receive_one(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, int infd, const char *tosnap,
 	if (flags->verbose) {
 		(void) printf("%s %s%s stream of %s into %s\n",
 		    flags->dryrun ? "would receive" : "receiving",
-		    flags->heal ? " corrective" : "",
+		    flags->heal ? "corrective " : "",
 		    drrb->drr_fromguid ? "incremental" : "full",
 		    drrb->drr_toname, destsnap);
 		(void) fflush(stdout);