diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
index fc654c018a4..0436a7edb89 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var dns1123LabelErrorMsg string = fmt.Sprintf(`must be a DNS label (at most %d c
 var dns952LabelErrorMsg string = fmt.Sprintf(`must be a DNS 952 label (at most %d characters, matching regex %s): e.g. "my-name"`, util.DNS952LabelMaxLength, util.DNS952LabelFmt)
 var pdPartitionErrorMsg string = intervalErrorMsg(0, 255)
 var portRangeErrorMsg string = intervalErrorMsg(0, 65536)
-var portNameErrorMsg string = fmt.Sprintf(`must be an IANA_SVC_NAME (at most 15 characters, matching regex %s, it must contain at least one letter [a-z], and hypens cannot be adjacent to other hyphens): e.g. "http"`, util.IdentifierNoHyphensBeginEndFmt)
+var portNameErrorMsg string = fmt.Sprintf(`must be an IANA_SVC_NAME (at most 15 characters, matching regex %s, it must contain at least one letter [a-z], and hyphens cannot be adjacent to other hyphens): e.g. "http"`, util.IdentifierNoHyphensBeginEndFmt)
 
 const totalAnnotationSizeLimitB int = 64 * (1 << 10) // 64 kB