diff --git a/java/google/registry/proxy/handler/ProxyProtocolHandler.java b/java/google/registry/proxy/handler/ProxyProtocolHandler.java
index 0a6faada1..0433eb6ef 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/proxy/handler/ProxyProtocolHandler.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/proxy/handler/ProxyProtocolHandler.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class ProxyProtocolHandler extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
           remoteIP = headerArray[2];
           logger.atFine().log("Header parsed, using %s as remote IP.", remoteIP);
         } else {
-          logger.atFine().log("Cannot parse the header, use source IP as a last resort.");
+          logger.atFine().log("Cannot parse the header, using source IP as a last resort.");
           remoteIP = getSourceIP(ctx);
         }
       } else {
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/proxy/handler/ProxyProtocolHandlerTest.java b/javatests/google/registry/proxy/handler/ProxyProtocolHandlerTest.java
index 650398f0c..fa7b8f2bd 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/proxy/handler/ProxyProtocolHandlerTest.java
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/proxy/handler/ProxyProtocolHandlerTest.java
@@ -50,14 +50,13 @@ public class ProxyProtocolHandlerTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testSuccess_proxyHeaderMalformed_singleFrame() {
+  public void testSuccess_proxyHeaderUnknownSource_singleFrame() {
     header = "PROXY UNKNOWN\r\n";
     String message = "some message";
     // Header processed, rest of the message passed along.
     assertThat(channel.writeInbound(Unpooled.wrappedBuffer((header + message).getBytes(UTF_8))))
         .isTrue();
     assertThat(((ByteBuf) channel.readInbound()).toString(UTF_8)).isEqualTo(message);
-    // Header malformed.
     assertThat(channel.attr(REMOTE_ADDRESS_KEY).get()).isNull();
     assertThat(channel.pipeline().get(ProxyProtocolHandler.class)).isNull();
     assertThat(channel.isActive()).isTrue();