diff --git a/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py b/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py
index caeb58d60..601190b4f 100644
--- a/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py
+++ b/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Backtesting:
         self.pairlists = PairListManager(self.exchange, self.config)
         if 'VolumePairList' in self.pairlists.name_list:
             raise OperationalException("VolumePairList not allowed for backtesting. "
-                                       "Please use StaticPairlist instead.")
+                                       "Please use StaticPairList instead.")
         if 'PerformanceFilter' in self.pairlists.name_list:
             raise OperationalException("PerformanceFilter not allowed for backtesting.")
 
diff --git a/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py b/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py
index db31c7337..697443e00 100644
--- a/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py
+++ b/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ def test_backtesting_no_pair_left(default_conf, mocker, caplog, testdatadir) ->
 
     default_conf['pairlists'] = [{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5}]
     with pytest.raises(OperationalException,
-                       match=r'VolumePairList not allowed for backtesting\..*StaticPairlist.*'):
+                       match=r'VolumePairList not allowed for backtesting\..*StaticPairList.*'):
         Backtesting(default_conf)
 
     default_conf.update({
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ def test_backtesting_pairlist_list(default_conf, mocker, caplog, testdatadir, ti
 
     default_conf['pairlists'] = [{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5}]
     with pytest.raises(OperationalException,
-                       match=r'VolumePairList not allowed for backtesting\..*StaticPairlist.*'):
+                       match=r'VolumePairList not allowed for backtesting\..*StaticPairList.*'):
         Backtesting(default_conf)
 
     default_conf['pairlists'] = [{"method": "StaticPairList"}, {"method": "PerformanceFilter"}]