diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
index ae2d6acdf4e..ec09616b58e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// defaultRetries is the number of times a resource discovery is repeated if an api group disappears on the fly (e.g. ThirdPartyResources).
+	// defaultRetries is the number of times a resource discovery is repeated if an api group disappears on the fly (e.g. CustomResourceDefinitions).
 	defaultRetries = 2
 	// protobuf mime type
 	mimePb = "application/com.github.proto-openapi.spec.v2@v1.0+protobuf"