diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels/selector.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels/selector.go
index 2f8e1e2b0c4..ee641a12b47 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels/selector.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels/selector.go
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (r *Requirement) Matches(ls Labels) bool {
 			return false
 		}
 
-		// There should be only one strValue in r.strValues, and can be converted to a integer.
+		// There should be only one strValue in r.strValues, and can be converted to an integer.
 		if len(r.strValues) != 1 {
 			klog.V(10).Infof("Invalid values count %+v of requirement %#v, for 'Gt', 'Lt' operators, exactly one value is required", len(r.strValues), r)
 			return false