diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/error.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/error.go
index d8f7c6ec95b..d6a8c17d192 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/error.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/error.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const (
 
 var AlphaWarningOnExit = dedent.Dedent(`
 	kubeadm: I am an alpha version, my authors welcome your feedback and bug reports
-	kubeadm: please create issue an using https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/new
+	kubeadm: please create an issue using https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/new
 	kubeadm: and make sure to mention @kubernetes/sig-cluster-lifecycle. Thank you!
 `)