diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer_test.go
index 75be63a9e87..35b9a4d09d5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache/shared_informer_test.go
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ func TestSharedInformerHandlerAbuse(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// sotp informer which stops workers. stopping informer first to excercise
+	// sotp informer which stops workers. stopping informer first to exercise
 	// contention for informer while it is closing
 	informerCancel()