diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types.go
index 6f76a633b53..f141653bac1 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/networking/v1/types.go
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ type IngressSpec struct {
 	// IngressClassName is the name of an IngressClass cluster resource. Ingress
 	// controller implementations use this field to know whether they should be
 	// serving this Ingress resource, by a transitive connection
-	// (controller → IngressClass → Ingress resource). Although the
+	// (controller -> IngressClass -> Ingress resource). Although the
 	// `kubernetes.io/ingress.class` annotation (simple constant name) was never
 	// formally defined, it was widely supported by Ingress controllers to create
 	// a direct binding between Ingress controller and Ingress resources. Newly