diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/cmd/server/start.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/cmd/server/start.go
index e102e213d93..c36071d8da4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/cmd/server/start.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/cmd/server/start.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func NewCustomResourceDefinitionsServerOptions(out, errOut io.Writer) *CustomRes
 		StdErr: errOut,
 	}
 
-	// the shared informer is not needed for kube-aggregator. Disable the kubeconfig flag and the client creation.
+	// the shared informer is not needed for apiextentions apiserver. Disable the kubeconfig flag and the client creation.
 	o.RecommendedOptions.CoreAPI = nil
 
 	return o