Verifying HD in Disk Utility

I just ran Disk Utility for the first time since updgrading to Mavericks. Normally the OK message that appears in green after the verification process ends with <name of HD> appears to be OK. But now it refers to "Recovery HD", as you can see in the log pasted below. Is this normal? I don't have a HD called "Recovery". Nor did I set up any partitions. Hope someone can shed some light on this.
Thanks
2013-11-27 15:49:04 -0200: Disk Utility started.
2013-11-28 11:46:08 -0200: Verifying partition map for “SAMSUNG HN-M101MBB Media”
2013-11-28 11:46:08 -0200: Starting verification tool:
2013-11-28 11:46:08 -0200: Checking prerequisites
2013-11-28 11:46:08 -0200: Checking the partition list
2013-11-28 11:46:08 -0200: Checking for an EFI system partition
2013-11-28 11:46:08 -0200: Checking the EFI system partition’s size
2013-11-28 11:46:08 -0200: Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
2013-11-28 11:46:09 -0200: Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
2013-11-28 11:46:09 -0200: Checking booter partitions
2013-11-28 11:46:09 -0200: Checking booter partition disk0s3
2013-11-28 11:46:09 -0200: Checking file system
2013-11-28 11:46:09 -0200: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2013-11-28 11:46:09 -0200: Checking extents overflow file.
2013-11-28 11:46:09 -0200: Checking catalog file.
2013-11-28 11:46:09 -0200: Checking multi-linked files.
2013-11-28 11:46:09 -0200: Checking catalog hierarchy.
2013-11-28 11:46:09 -0200: Checking extended attributes file.
2013-11-28 11:46:10 -0200: Checking volume bitmap.
2013-11-28 11:46:10 -0200: Checking volume information.
2013-11-28 11:46:10 -0200: The volume Recovery HD appears to be OK.
2013-11-28 11:46:10 -0200: Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
2013-11-28 11:46:10 -0200: The partition map appears to be OK
2013-11-28 11:46:10 -0200:
2013-11-28 11:46:10 -0200:

Hello there Scott F.,
Sounds like you wanted a bit more info about the Recovery partition that you are seeing in the Disk Utility log. THe recovery partition is created by Mac os 10.7 and up and has many functions.
OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks include OS X Recovery. This feature includes all of the tools you need to reinstall OS X, repair your disk, and even restore from a Time Machine backup without the need for optical discs.
From: OS X: About OS X Recovery
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

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