diff --git a/test/functional/feature_blocksdir.py b/test/functional/feature_blocksdir.py
index e0792261f1..6caf4f89c6 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_blocksdir.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_blocksdir.py
@@ -1,40 +1,40 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 """Test the blocksdir option.
 """
 
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
 
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework, initialize_datadir
 
 
 class BlocksdirTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
         self.setup_clean_chain = True
         self.num_nodes = 1
 
     def run_test(self):
         self.stop_node(0)
         shutil.rmtree(self.nodes[0].datadir)
         initialize_datadir(self.options.tmpdir, 0)
-        self.log.info("Starting with non exiting blocksdir ...")
+        self.log.info("Starting with nonexistent blocksdir ...")
         blocksdir_path = os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, 'blocksdir')
         self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(["-blocksdir=" + blocksdir_path], re.escape(
             'Error: Specified blocks directory "{}" does not exist.'.format(blocksdir_path)))
         os.mkdir(blocksdir_path)
-        self.log.info("Starting with exiting blocksdir ...")
+        self.log.info("Starting with existing blocksdir ...")
         self.start_node(0, ["-blocksdir=" + blocksdir_path])
         self.log.info("mining blocks..")
         self.nodes[0].generate(10)
         assert os.path.isfile(os.path.join(
             blocksdir_path, "regtest", "blocks", "blk00000.dat"))
         assert os.path.isdir(os.path.join(
             self.nodes[0].datadir, "regtest", "blocks", "index"))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     BlocksdirTest().main()