diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
index 866d438bd06..f2f99efce52 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) getPullSecretsForPod(pod *v1.Pod) []v1.Secret {
 	}
 
 	if len(failedPullSecrets) > 0 {
-		kl.recorder.Eventf(pod, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedToRetrieveImagePullSecret", "Unable to retrieve image pull secrets %s; attempting to pull the image may not succeed.", strings.Join(failedPullSecrets, ", "))
+		kl.recorder.Eventf(pod, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedToRetrieveImagePullSecret", "Unable to retrieve some image pull secrets (%s); attempting to pull the image may not succeed.", strings.Join(failedPullSecrets, ", "))
 	}
 
 	return pullSecrets
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go
index cbb21f564c7..ca1ee492feb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go
@@ -5406,7 +5406,8 @@ func TestGetNonExistentImagePullSecret(t *testing.T) {
 	testKubelet.kubelet.secretManager = secret.NewFakeManagerWithSecrets(secrets)
 	defer testKubelet.Cleanup()
 
-	expectedEvent := "Warning FailedToRetrieveImagePullSecret Unable to retrieve image pull secrets secretFoo; attempting to pull the image may not succeed."
+	expectedEvent := "Warning FailedToRetrieveImagePullSecret Unable to retrieve some image pull secrets (secretFoo); attempting to pull the image may not succeed."
+
 	testPod := &v1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Namespace:   "nsFoo",