diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/client_config.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/client_config.go
index 31a0036dc2e..103648f1dc7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/client_config.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/client_config.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func getServerIdentificationPartialConfig(configAuthInfo clientcmdapi.AuthInfo,
 // we want this order of precedence for user identifcation
 // 1.  configAuthInfo minus auth-path (the final result of command line flags and merged .kubeconfig files)
 // 2.  configAuthInfo.auth-path (this file can contain information that conflicts with #1, and we want #1 to win the priority)
-// 3.  if there is not enough information to idenfity the user, load try the ~/.kubernetes_auth file
+// 3.  if there is not enough information to identify the user, load try the ~/.kubernetes_auth file
 // 4.  if there is not enough information to identify the user, prompt if possible
 func (config *DirectClientConfig) getUserIdentificationPartialConfig(configAuthInfo clientcmdapi.AuthInfo, fallbackReader io.Reader, persistAuthConfig restclient.AuthProviderConfigPersister) (*restclient.Config, error) {
 	mergedConfig := &restclient.Config{}