diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/auth/clientauth.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/auth/clientauth.go
index c810e69ea6c..5a256c1c3e7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/auth/clientauth.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/auth/clientauth.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Having a defined format allows:
 
 The file format is json, marshalled from a struct authcfg.Info.
 
-Clinet libraries in other languages should use the same format.
+Client libraries in other languages should use the same format.
 
 It is not intended to store general preferences, such as default
 namespace, output options, etc.  CLIs (such as kubectl) and UIs should