diff --git a/hack/after-build/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh b/hack/after-build/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
index e4c6e64848b..288bcf1982b 100755
--- a/hack/after-build/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/after-build/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
@@ -36,23 +36,23 @@ if [[ ! -x "$genswaggertypedocs" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-APIROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/pkg/api"
-TMP_APIROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/api"
+DIFFROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/pkg"
+TMP_DIFFROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/pkg"
 _tmp="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp"
 
 mkdir -p "${_tmp}"
-cp -a "${APIROOT}" "${TMP_APIROOT}"
+cp -a "${DIFFROOT}" "${TMP_DIFFROOT}"
 
 "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/update-generated-swagger-docs.sh"
-echo "diffing ${APIROOT} against freshly generated swagger type documentation"
+echo "diffing ${DIFFROOT} against freshly generated swagger type documentation"
 ret=0
-diff -Naupr -I 'Auto generated by' "${APIROOT}" "${TMP_APIROOT}" || ret=$?
-cp -a "${TMP_APIROOT}" "${KUBE_ROOT}/pkg"
+diff -Naupr -I 'Auto generated by' "${DIFFROOT}" "${TMP_DIFFROOT}" || ret=$?
+cp -a "${TMP_DIFFROOT}/" "${KUBE_ROOT}/"
 rm -rf "${_tmp}"
 if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]
 then
-  echo "${APIROOT} up to date."
+  echo "${DIFFROOT} up to date."
 else
-  echo "${APIROOT} is out of date. Please run hack/update-generated-swagger-docs.sh"
+  echo "${DIFFROOT} is out of date. Please run hack/update-generated-swagger-docs.sh"
   exit 1
 fi