diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go
index 84b9eb2b73f..0c935d1cf66 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (d *Helper) DeletePod(pod corev1.Pod) error {
 	return d.Client.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Delete(d.getContext(), pod.Name, d.makeDeleteOptions())
 }
 
-// EvictPod will evict the give pod, or return an error if it couldn't
+// EvictPod will evict the given pod, or return an error if it couldn't
 func (d *Helper) EvictPod(pod corev1.Pod, evictionGroupVersion schema.GroupVersion) error {
 	if d.DryRunStrategy == cmdutil.DryRunServer {
 		if err := d.DryRunVerifier.HasSupport(pod.GroupVersionKind()); err != nil {