diff --git a/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/WebHostExtensions.cs b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/WebHostExtensions.cs
index 2af27f880e..53923f85f6 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/WebHostExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/WebHostExtensions.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting
             // Wait for token shutdown if it can be canceled
             if (token.CanBeCanceled)
             {
-                await host.RunAsync(token, shutdownMessage: null);
+                await host.RunAsync(token, startupMessage: null);
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting
             }
         }
 
-        private static async Task RunAsync(this IWebHost host, CancellationToken token, string shutdownMessage)
+        private static async Task RunAsync(this IWebHost host, CancellationToken token, string startupMessage)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting
                         }
                     }
 
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(shutdownMessage))
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(startupMessage))
                     {
-                        Console.WriteLine(shutdownMessage);
+                        Console.WriteLine(startupMessage);
                     }
                 }