diff --git a/configs/sim/spiffs/defconfig b/configs/sim/spiffs/defconfig
index ac9b41392a..50684f421b 100644
--- a/configs/sim/spiffs/defconfig
+++ b/configs/sim/spiffs/defconfig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CONFIG_DISABLE_PTHREAD=y
 CONFIG_DISABLE_SIGNALS=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_FSTEST=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_FSTEST_MOUNTPT="/mnt/spiffs"
-CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_FSTEST_NLOOPS=10
 CONFIG_FS_SPIFFS=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_LIB_RAND_ORDER=3
diff --git a/fs/spiffs/src/spiffs_vfs.c b/fs/spiffs/src/spiffs_vfs.c
index ff2ff9f66d..e9b2923071 100644
--- a/fs/spiffs/src/spiffs_vfs.c
+++ b/fs/spiffs/src/spiffs_vfs.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int spiffs_open(FAR struct file *filep, FAR const char *relpath,
     {
       /* It does not exist and we were not asked to create it */
 
-      fwarn("WARNING: File does not exist a O_CREAT not set\n");
+      fwarn("WARNING: File does not exist and O_CREAT not set\n");
       goto errout_with_fileobject;
     }
   else if (ret >= 0 && (oflags & (O_CREAT | O_EXCL)) == (O_CREAT | O_EXCL))