diff --git a/kubernetes/clientset.go b/kubernetes/clientset.go
index cf98b050..d76e9ac9 100644
--- a/kubernetes/clientset.go
+++ b/kubernetes/clientset.go
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ func NewForConfig(c *rest.Config) (*Clientset, error) {
 	configShallowCopy := *c
 	if configShallowCopy.RateLimiter == nil && configShallowCopy.QPS > 0 {
 		if configShallowCopy.Burst <= 0 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Burst is required to be greater than 0 when RateLimiter is not set and QPS is set to greater than 0")
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("burst is required to be greater than 0 when RateLimiter is not set and QPS is set to greater than 0")
 		}
 		configShallowCopy.RateLimiter = flowcontrol.NewTokenBucketRateLimiter(configShallowCopy.QPS, configShallowCopy.Burst)
 	}