diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 9fe86751920..d0117f66ccc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) canRunPod(pod *v1.Pod) lifecycle.PodAdmitResult {
 // state every sync-frequency seconds. Never returns.
 func (kl *Kubelet) syncLoop(updates <-chan kubetypes.PodUpdate, handler SyncHandler) {
 	glog.Info("Starting kubelet main sync loop.")
-	// The resyncTicker wakes up kubelet to checks if there are any pod workers
+	// The syncTicker wakes up kubelet to checks if there are any pod workers
 	// that need to be sync'd. A one-second period is sufficient because the
 	// sync interval is defaulted to 10s.
 	syncTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)