diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
index 9a157b79f2c..617994600a8 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ type ClusterConfiguration struct {
 	ClusterName string
 
 	// EncryptionAlgorithm holds the type of asymmetric encryption algorithm used for keys and certificates.
-	// Can be "RSA" (default algorithm, key size is 2048) or "ECDSA" (uses the P-256 eliptic curve).
+	// Can be "RSA" (default algorithm, key size is 2048) or "ECDSA" (uses the P-256 elliptic curve).
 	EncryptionAlgorithm EncryptionAlgorithmType
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/doc.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/doc.go
index 602a72e57c5..abe48a58612 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/doc.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/doc.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 //     `Scheduler.ExtraArgs`, `Etcd.Local.ExtraArgs`. Also to `NodeRegistrationOptions.KubeletExtraArgs`.
 //   - Add `ClusterConfiguration.EncryptionAlgorithm` that can be used to set the asymmetric encryption algorithm
 //     used for this cluster's keys and certificates. Can be "RSA" (default algorithm, key size is 2048) or
-//     "ECDSA" (uses the P-256 eliptic curve).
+//     "ECDSA" (uses the P-256 elliptic curve).
 //
 // Migration from old kubeadm config versions
 //
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/types.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/types.go
index 269912c012b..af129de683e 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/types.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta4/types.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ type ClusterConfiguration struct {
 	ClusterName string `json:"clusterName,omitempty"`
 
 	// EncryptionAlgorithm holds the type of asymmetric encryption algorithm used for keys and certificates.
-	// Can be "RSA" (default algorithm, key size is 2048) or "ECDSA" (uses the P-256 eliptic curve).
+	// Can be "RSA" (default algorithm, key size is 2048) or "ECDSA" (uses the P-256 elliptic curve).
 	// +optional
 	EncryptionAlgorithm EncryptionAlgorithmType `json:"encryptionAlgorithm,omitempty"`
 }