diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/resolve.rs b/src/cargo/ops/resolve.rs
index f2c38b06ede..abda63d712b 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/resolve.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/resolve.rs
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ fn emit_warnings_of_unused_patches(
                 writeln!(msg, "Patch `{}` {}", unused, MESSAGE)?;
                 write!(
                     msg,
-                    "Perhaps you misspell the source URL being patched.\n\
+                    "Perhaps you misspelled the source URL being patched.\n\
                     Possible URLs for `[patch.<URL>]`:",
                 )?;
                 for id in ids.iter() {
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/patch.rs b/tests/testsuite/patch.rs
index ca10815b330..5765b1fed1c 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/patch.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/patch.rs
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ fn unused_with_mismatch_source_being_patched() {
             "\
 [UPDATING] `dummy-registry` index
 [WARNING] Patch `bar v0.2.0 ([CWD]/bar)` was not used in the crate graph.
-Perhaps you misspell the source URL being patched.
+Perhaps you misspelled the source URL being patched.
 Possible URLs for `[patch.<URL>]`:
     crates-io
 [WARNING] Patch `bar v0.3.0 ([CWD]/baz)` was not used in the crate graph.
@@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ fn two_semver_compatible() {
         .with_stderr(
             "\
 warning: Patch `bar v0.1.1 [..]` was not used in the crate graph.
-Perhaps you misspell the source URL being patched.
+Perhaps you misspelled the source URL being patched.
 Possible URLs for `[patch.<URL>]`:
     [CWD]/bar
 [FINISHED] [..]",
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@ fn multipatch_select_big() {
         .with_stderr(
             "\
 warning: Patch `bar v0.1.0 [..]` was not used in the crate graph.
-Perhaps you misspell the source URL being patched.
+Perhaps you misspelled the source URL being patched.
 Possible URLs for `[patch.<URL>]`:
     [CWD]/bar
 [FINISHED] [..]",