diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/026 b/tests/qemu-iotests/026
index f5a7f02b25..7fadfbace5 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/026
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/026
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ done
 
 
 echo
-echo === Refcout table growth tests ===
+echo === Refcount table growth tests ===
 echo
 CLUSTER_SIZE=512
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/026.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/026.out
index 59b8f74cd4..86a50a2e13 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/026.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/026.out
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ Event: cluster_alloc; errno: 28; imm: off; once: off; write -b
 write failed: No space left on device
 No errors were found on the image.
 
-=== Refcout table growth tests ===
+=== Refcount table growth tests ===
 
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=1073741824
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/026.out.nocache b/tests/qemu-iotests/026.out.nocache
index b4aeebcc61..ea2e166a4e 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/026.out.nocache
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/026.out.nocache
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ Event: cluster_alloc; errno: 28; imm: off; once: off; write -b
 write failed: No space left on device
 No errors were found on the image.
 
-=== Refcout table growth tests ===
+=== Refcount table growth tests ===
 
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=1073741824