diff --git a/src/cart/README.env b/src/cart/README.env
index befc0fd8f4f..7b262885362 100644
--- a/src/cart/README.env
+++ b/src/cart/README.env
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ This file lists the environment variables used in CaRT.
 
  . D_LOG_FLUSH
    Specifies priority level for flushing of messages into the log file.
-   Can be set to one of the following "DBUG,INFO,NOTE,WARN,ERR,CRIT,ALRT,EMRG,EMIT"
+   Can be set to one of the following "DEBUG,INFO,NOTE,WARN,ERR,CRIT,ALRT,EMRG,EMIT"
    If not set will default to "WARN".
 
  . DD_STDERR
diff --git a/src/gurt/dlog.c b/src/gurt/dlog.c
index 08bf2524b19..0219b36c1d5 100644
--- a/src/gurt/dlog.c
+++ b/src/gurt/dlog.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * (C) Copyright 2016-2024 Intel Corporation.
- * (C) Copyright 2025 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
+ * (C) Copyright 2025-2026 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
  */
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ 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.
+ * clog_pristr: convert priority to 5 byte symbolic name.
  *
  * \param[in] pri	the priority to convert to a string
  *
@@ -775,8 +775,7 @@ static int d_log_str2pri(const char *pstr, size_t len)
 	if (strncasecmp(pstr, "ERR", len) == 0 || strncasecmp(pstr, "ERROR", len) == 0)
 		/* has trailing space in the array */
 		return DLOG_ERR;
-	if (((strncasecmp(pstr, "DEBUG", len) == 0) ||
-	     (strncasecmp(pstr, "DBUG", len) == 0))) {
+	if (strncasecmp(pstr, "DEBUG", len) == 0) {
 		/* check to see is debug mask bits are set */
 		return d_dbglog_data.dd_mask != 0 ?
 		       d_dbglog_data.dd_mask : DLOG_DBG;
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/cart/util/cart_logparse.py b/src/tests/ftest/cart/util/cart_logparse.py
index 4f73a6f35cc..22c2f858648 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/cart/util/cart_logparse.py
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/cart/util/cart_logparse.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # /*
 #  * (C) Copyright 2016-2023 Intel Corporation.
-#  * (C) Copyright 2025 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
+#  * (C) Copyright 2025-2026 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
 #  *
 #  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
 # */
@@ -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 = {}