diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags.go
index 5615bfdd8cc..66347adf73f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubelet/flags.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type kubeletFlagsOpts struct {
 // (from lower to higher):
 // - actual hostname
 // - NodeRegistrationOptions.Name (same as "--node-name" passed to "kubeadm init/join")
-// - "hostname-overide" flag in NodeRegistrationOptions.KubeletExtraArgs
+// - "hostname-override" flag in NodeRegistrationOptions.KubeletExtraArgs
 // It also returns the hostname or an error if getting the hostname failed.
 func GetNodeNameAndHostname(cfg *kubeadmapi.NodeRegistrationOptions) (string, string, error) {
 	hostname, err := kubeadmutil.GetHostname("")