diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
index 13c3ba0ec4..d2b9a0cfb9 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void APIServer::loop() {
       auto sock = this->socket_->accept_loop_monitored((struct sockaddr *) &source_addr, &addr_len);
       if (!sock)
         break;
-      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Accepted %s", sock->getpeername().c_str());
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Accept %s", sock->getpeername().c_str());
 
       auto *conn = new APIConnection(std::move(sock), this);
       this->clients_.emplace_back(conn);