diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
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--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-release/release.md#issuepr-k
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 **What type of PR is this?**
-> Uncomment only one ` /kind <>` line, hit enter to put that in a new line, and remove leading whitespaces from that line:
+> Uncomment only one ` /kind <>` line, hit enter to put that in a new line, and remove leading whitespace from that line:
 >
 > /kind api-change
 > /kind bug