diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity.go
index 1839d78a34b..f6da911b676 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity.go
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func (_ Quantity) OpenAPIDefinition() openapi.OpenAPIDefinition {
 // Note about BinarySI:
 // * If q.Format is set to BinarySI and q.Amount represents a non-zero value between
 //   -1 and +1, it will be emitted as if q.Format were DecimalSI.
-// * Otherwise, if q.Format is set to BinarySI, frational parts of q.Amount will be
+// * Otherwise, if q.Format is set to BinarySI, fractional parts of q.Amount will be
 //   rounded up. (1.1i becomes 2i.)
 func (q *Quantity) CanonicalizeBytes(out []byte) (result, suffix []byte) {
 	if q.IsZero() {