diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db49a3af4..1b6de06f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. From versio
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix connection retrying message in `PGRST000` error by @netqo in #4980
+  + Remove redundant "Retrying the connection." from message because it is logged separately
+
 ## [14.12] - 2026-05-20
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Error.hs b/src/PostgREST/Error.hs
index 5e79cd04f..d132d8232 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Error.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Error.hs
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ instance ErrorBody SQL.UsageError where
   code    (SQL.SessionUsageError (SQL.QueryError _ _ e)) = code e
   code    SQL.AcquisitionTimeoutUsageError               = "PGRST003"
 
-  message (SQL.ConnectionUsageError _) = "Database connection error. Retrying the connection."
+  message (SQL.ConnectionUsageError _) = "Database connection error."
   message (SQL.SessionUsageError (SQL.QueryError _ _ e)) = message e
   message SQL.AcquisitionTimeoutUsageError = "Timed out acquiring connection from connection pool."
 
diff --git a/test/io/test_io.py b/test/io/test_io.py
index 65eeaa0dd..ec690d8e8 100644
--- a/test/io/test_io.py
+++ b/test/io/test_io.py
@@ -1756,6 +1756,15 @@ def test_log_listener_connection_start(defaultenv):
         )
 
 
+def test_connection_error_message_does_not_claim_retry(defaultenv):
+    "The connection error message should not claim retrying, since PostgREST stops on fatal errors."
+    uri = f'postgresql://?dbname={defaultenv["PGDATABASE"]}&host={defaultenv["PGHOST"]}&user=some_protected_user&password=invalid_pass'
+    env = {**defaultenv, "PGRST_DB_URI": uri}
+    with run(env=env, no_startup_stdout=False, wait_for=None) as postgrest:
+        output = postgrest.read_stdout(nlines=8)
+        assert any('"message":"Database connection error."' in line for line in output)
+
+
 def test_db_pre_config_with_pg_reserved_words(defaultenv):
     "The db-pre-config should not fail unexpectedly when function name is a postgres reserved word"