diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/converter_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/converter_test.go
index 7820b8cefd8..0e0ccfc9a16 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/converter_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/converter_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var simpleEquality = conversion.EqualitiesOrDie(
 	},
 )
 
-// Definte a number of test types.
+// Define a number of test types.
 type A struct {
 	A int    `json:"aa,omitempty"`
 	B string `json:"ab,omitempty"`