diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/after/v1beta1.yaml b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/after/v1beta1.yaml
index edea8030375..3cb76b89923 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/after/v1beta1.yaml
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/after/v1beta1.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ containerLogMaxFiles: 5
 containerLogMaxSize: 10Mi
 contentType: application/vnd.kubernetes.protobuf
 cpuCFSQuota: true
-cpuCFSQuotaPeriod: 100us
+cpuCFSQuotaPeriod: 100ms
 cpuManagerPolicy: none
 cpuManagerReconcilePeriod: 10s
 enableControllerAttachDetach: true
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/roundtrip/default/v1beta1.yaml b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/roundtrip/default/v1beta1.yaml
index edea8030375..3cb76b89923 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/roundtrip/default/v1beta1.yaml
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/scheme/testdata/KubeletConfiguration/roundtrip/default/v1beta1.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ containerLogMaxFiles: 5
 containerLogMaxSize: 10Mi
 contentType: application/vnd.kubernetes.protobuf
 cpuCFSQuota: true
-cpuCFSQuotaPeriod: 100us
+cpuCFSQuotaPeriod: 100ms
 cpuManagerPolicy: none
 cpuManagerReconcilePeriod: 10s
 enableControllerAttachDetach: true
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
index 3a3e108c70b..95cbcde5d02 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func TestValidateKubeletConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 				conf.CPUCFSQuotaPeriod = metav1.Duration{Duration: 200 * time.Microsecond}
 				return conf
 			},
-			errMsg: "invalid configuration: cpuCFSQuotaPeriod (--cpu-cfs-quota-period) {200us} requires feature gate CustomCPUCFSQuotaPeriod",
+			errMsg: "invalid configuration: cpuCFSQuotaPeriod (--cpu-cfs-quota-period) {200µs} requires feature gate CustomCPUCFSQuotaPeriod",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid CPUCFSQuotaPeriod",