diff --git a/src/gurt/dlog.c b/src/gurt/dlog.c
index 83201313eff..196687e1eaa 100644
--- a/src/gurt/dlog.c
+++ b/src/gurt/dlog.c
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ static const char *clog_pristr(int);
 static int clog_setnfac(int);
 
 /* static arrays for converting between pri's and strings */
-static const char * const norm[] = { "DBUG", "INFO", "NOTE", "WARN", "ERR ",
-				     "CRIT", "ALRT", "EMRG", "EMIT"};
+static const char *const norm[] = { "DEBUG", "INFO ", "NOTE ", "WARN ", "ERR  ",
+				  "CRIT ", "ALRT ", "EMRG ", "EMIT "};
 /**
  * clog_pristr: convert priority to 4 byte symbolic name.
  *
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/cart/util/cart_logparse.py b/src/tests/ftest/cart/util/cart_logparse.py
index 765c8079172..a4c5bb90a98 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/cart/util/cart_logparse.py
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/cart/util/cart_logparse.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class InvalidLogFile(Exception):
     'WARN': 6,
     'NOTE': 7,
     'INFO': 8,
-    'DBUG': 9}
+    'DEBUG': 9}
 
 # Make a reverse lookup from log level to name.
 LOG_NAMES = {}