diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/doc.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/doc.go
index 49e29972687..9c1153ffc2f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/doc.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/doc.go
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ limitations under the License.
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package
 // +groupName=metrics.k8s.io
 
-// Package metrics defines an API for exposing metics.
+// Package metrics defines an API for exposing metrics.
 package metrics // import "k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics"