diff --git a/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_set_control.go b/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_set_control.go
index de193a137e1..afaeb678b77 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_set_control.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/statefulset/stateful_set_control.go
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ func (ssc *defaultStatefulSetControl) updateStatefulSet(
 	// At this point, all of the current Replicas are Running and Ready, we can consider termination.
 	// We will wait for all predecessors to be Running and Ready prior to attempting a deletion.
 	// We will terminate Pods in a monotonically decreasing order over [len(pods),set.Spec.Replicas).
-	// Note that we do not resurrect Pods in this interval. Also not that scaling will take precedence over
+	// Note that we do not resurrect Pods in this interval. Also note that scaling will take precedence over
 	// updates.
 	for target := len(condemned) - 1; target >= 0; target-- {
 		// wait for terminating pods to expire