diff --git a/dm/syncer/syncer.go b/dm/syncer/syncer.go
index c770a4c15e8..27eec5d04de 100644
--- a/dm/syncer/syncer.go
+++ b/dm/syncer/syncer.go
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ func (s *Syncer) afterFlushCheckpoint(task *checkpointFlushTask) error {
 		s.tctx.L().Info("after async flushed checkpoint, gc stale causality keys", zap.Int64("flush job seq", task.asyncflushJob.flushSeq))
 		s.dmlJobCh <- newGCJob(task.asyncflushJob.flushSeq)
 	} else {
-		s.tctx.L().Info("after async flushed checkpoint, gc all causality keys")
+		s.tctx.L().Info("after sync flushed checkpoint, gc all causality keys")
 		s.dmlJobCh <- newGCJob(math.MaxInt64)
 	}