diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go b/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go
index e1e2af81e69..fd3a82c247e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ func (r *RollingUpdater) cleanupWithClients(oldRc, newRc *api.ReplicationControl
 		if err := r.rcClient.ReplicationControllers(r.ns).Delete(oldRc.Name, nil); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(config.Out, "Renaming %s to %s\n", oldRc.Name, newRc.Name)
+		fmt.Fprintf(config.Out, "Renaming %s to %s\n", newRc.Name, oldRc.Name)
 		return Rename(r.rcClient, newRc, oldRc.Name)
 	case PreserveRollingUpdateCleanupPolicy:
 		return nil