diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/kubeadm.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/kubeadm.go
index b0693bcd06d..e90bb775e11 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/kubeadm.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/kubeadm.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 var AlphaWarningOnExit = dedent.Dedent(`
 	kubeadm: I am an alpha version, my authors welcome your feedback and bug reports
-	kubeadm: please create issue an using https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/new
+	kubeadm: please create an issue using https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/new
 	kubeadm: and make sure to mention @kubernetes/sig-cluster-lifecycle. Thank you!
 `)