diff --git a/django/db/backends/mysql/creation.py b/django/db/backends/mysql/creation.py
index 43857f07ea..ae4370935a 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/mysql/creation.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/mysql/creation.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class DatabaseCreation(BaseDatabaseCreation):
                 try:
                     if verbosity >= 1:
                         print("Destroying old test database for alias %s..." % (
-                            self._get_database_display_str(target_database_name, verbosity),
+                            self._get_database_display_str(verbosity, target_database_name),
                         ))
                     cursor.execute("DROP DATABASE %s" % qn(target_database_name))
                     cursor.execute("CREATE DATABASE %s" % qn(target_database_name))
diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql/creation.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql/creation.py
index 2a886bae3c..3efcfc7692 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql/creation.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql/creation.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class DatabaseCreation(BaseDatabaseCreation):
                 try:
                     if verbosity >= 1:
                         print("Destroying old test database for alias %s..." % (
-                            self._get_database_display_str(target_database_name, verbosity),
+                            self._get_database_display_str(verbosity, target_database_name),
                         ))
                     cursor.execute("DROP DATABASE %s" % qn(target_database_name))
                     cursor.execute("CREATE DATABASE %s WITH TEMPLATE %s" % (
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.9.2.txt b/docs/releases/1.9.2.txt
index 0ca7481ff8..9e13e705bc 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.9.2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.9.2.txt
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ Bugfixes
 * Fixed a regression where defining a relation on an abstract model's field
   using a string model name without an app_label no longer resolved that
   reference to the abstract model's app if using that model in another
-  application (:ticket:`25858`).
\ No newline at end of file
+  application (:ticket:`25858`).
+
+* Fixed a crash when destroying an existing test database on MySQL or
+  PostgreSQL (:ticket:`26096`).