diff --git a/examples/storage/cassandra/README.md b/examples/storage/cassandra/README.md
index b7ec00e1944..f97a880b0bb 100644
--- a/examples/storage/cassandra/README.md
+++ b/examples/storage/cassandra/README.md
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ spec:
               #- containerPort: 9160
               #  name: thrift
           resources:
-            request:
+            requests:
               cpu: 0.5
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /cassandra_data
diff --git a/examples/storage/cassandra/cassandra-daemonset.yaml b/examples/storage/cassandra/cassandra-daemonset.yaml
index ae9dd4f803c..afc1d17bd60 100644
--- a/examples/storage/cassandra/cassandra-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/examples/storage/cassandra/cassandra-daemonset.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ spec:
               #- containerPort: 9160
               #  name: thrift
           resources:
-            request:
+            requests:
               cpu: 0.5
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /cassandra_data