diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_dockershim_nodocker.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_dockershim_nodocker.go
index 63cb51fd98b..7ee122f0c4f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_dockershim_nodocker.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_dockershim_nodocker.go
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ func runDockershim(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 	remoteImageEndpoint string,
 	nonMasqueradeCIDR string) error {
 
-	return fmt.Errorf("trying to use docker runtime, w/ Kubelet compiled w/o docker support")
+	return fmt.Errorf("trying to use docker runtime when Kubelet was compiled without docker support")
 }