diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index a825d7aa5fc..4081465b272 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (c *kubeletConfiguration) addFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.Int64Var(&c.MaxOpenFiles, "max-open-files", c.MaxOpenFiles, "Number of files that can be opened by Kubelet process.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&c.RegisterSchedulable, "register-schedulable", c.RegisterSchedulable, "Register the node as schedulable. Won't have any effect if register-node is false.")
 	fs.MarkDeprecated("register-schedulable", "will be removed in a future version")
-	fs.Var(utiltaints.NewTaintsVar(&c.RegisterWithTaints), "register-with-taints", "Register the node with the given list of taints (comma seperated \"<key>=<value>:<effect>\"). No-op if register-node is false.")
+	fs.Var(utiltaints.NewTaintsVar(&c.RegisterWithTaints), "register-with-taints", "Register the node with the given list of taints (comma separated \"<key>=<value>:<effect>\"). No-op if register-node is false.")
 	fs.StringVar(&c.ContentType, "kube-api-content-type", c.ContentType, "Content type of requests sent to apiserver.")
 	fs.Int32Var(&c.KubeAPIQPS, "kube-api-qps", c.KubeAPIQPS, "QPS to use while talking with kubernetes apiserver")
 	fs.Int32Var(&c.KubeAPIBurst, "kube-api-burst", c.KubeAPIBurst, "Burst to use while talking with kubernetes apiserver")