diff --git a/django/db/models/options.py b/django/db/models/options.py
index 59f7e25ab2..03470408e0 100644
--- a/django/db/models/options.py
+++ b/django/db/models/options.py
@@ -535,8 +535,8 @@ class Options(object):
             # unavailable, therefore we throw a FieldDoesNotExist exception.
             if not self.apps.ready:
                 raise FieldDoesNotExist(
-                    "%s has no field named %r. The app cache isn't "
-                    "ready yet, so if this is a forward field, it won't "
+                    "%s has no field named %r. The app cache isn't ready yet, "
+                    "so if this is an auto-created related field, it won't "
                     "be available yet." % (self.object_name, field_name)
                 )
 
diff --git a/tests/model_meta/tests.py b/tests/model_meta/tests.py
index 31ffa4ac93..1a0c2de9f3 100644
--- a/tests/model_meta/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_meta/tests.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class GetFieldByNameTests(OptionsBaseTests):
         self.assertEqual(field_info[1:], (None, True, False))
         self.assertIsInstance(field_info[0], GenericRelation)
 
-    def test_get_fields_only_searaches_forward_on_apps_not_ready(self):
+    def test_get_fields_only_searches_forward_on_apps_not_ready(self):
         opts = Person._meta
         # If apps registry is not ready, get_field() searches over only
         # forward fields.
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ class GetFieldByNameTests(OptionsBaseTests):
             self.assertTrue(opts.get_field('data_abstract'))
             msg = (
                 "Person has no field named 'relating_baseperson'. The app "
-                "cache isn't ready yet, so if this is a forward field, it "
-                "won't be available yet."
+                "cache isn't ready yet, so if this is an auto-created related "
+                "field, it won't be available yet."
             )
             # 'data_abstract' is a reverse field, and will raise an exception
             with self.assertRaisesMessage(FieldDoesNotExist, msg):