diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
index df7fb96be91..5618aba2298 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ type RuntimeHooks interface {
 	// Determines whether the runtime should pull the specified container's image.
 	ShouldPullImage(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Container, imagePresent bool) bool
 
-	// Runs after an image is pulled reporting it's status. Error may be nil
+	// Runs after an image is pulled reporting its status. Error may be nil
 	// for a successful pull.
 	ReportImagePull(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Container, err error)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
index 6452642fd2c..8ee6083da3f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ import (
 const kubeletSubsystem = "kubelet"
 
 var (
-	ImagePullLatency = prometheus.NewSummary(
-		prometheus.SummaryOpts{
-			Subsystem: kubeletSubsystem,
-			Name:      "image_pull_latency_microseconds",
-			Help:      "Image pull latency in microseconds.",
-		},
-	)
 	ContainersPerPodCount = prometheus.NewSummary(
 		prometheus.SummaryOpts{
 			Subsystem: kubeletSubsystem,
@@ -73,7 +66,6 @@ var registerMetrics sync.Once
 func Register(containerCache kubecontainer.RuntimeCache) {
 	// Register the metrics.
 	registerMetrics.Do(func() {
-		prometheus.MustRegister(ImagePullLatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(SyncPodLatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(DockerOperationsLatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(SyncPodsLatency)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/runtime_hooks.go b/pkg/kubelet/runtime_hooks.go
index 73575dad964..1b2a70a7a38 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/runtime_hooks.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/runtime_hooks.go
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ func (kr *kubeletRuntimeHooks) ShouldPullImage(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Cont
 	return false
 }
 
-func (kr *kubeletRuntimeHooks) ReportImagePull(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Container, err error) {
+func (kr *kubeletRuntimeHooks) ReportImagePull(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Container, pullError error) {
 	ref, err := kubecontainer.GenerateContainerRef(pod, container)
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("Couldn't make a ref to pod %v, container %v: '%v'", pod.Name, container.Name, err)
+		glog.Errorf("Couldn't make a ref to pod %q, container %q: '%v'", pod.Name, container.Name, err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	if err != nil {
-		kr.recorder.Eventf(ref, "failed", "Failed to pull image %q: %v", container.Image, err)
+	if pullError != nil {
+		kr.recorder.Eventf(ref, "failed", "Failed to pull image %q: %v", container.Image, pullError)
 	} else {
 		kr.recorder.Eventf(ref, "pulled", "Successfully pulled image %q", container.Image)
 	}