diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
index 25f44a0fd1e..35d6ced59b8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl/kubectl.go
@@ -799,11 +799,11 @@ metadata:
 			By("apply file doesn't have replicas")
 			framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(deployment2Yaml, "apply", "set-last-applied", "-f", "-", nsFlag)
 
-			By("check last-applied has been updated, annotations doesn't replicas")
+			By("check last-applied has been updated, annotations doesn't have replicas")
 			output = framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(deployment1Yaml, "apply", "view-last-applied", "-f", "-", nsFlag, "-o", "json")
 			requiredString = "\"replicas\": 2"
 			if strings.Contains(output, requiredString) {
-				framework.Failf("Missing %s in kubectl view-last-applied", requiredString)
+				framework.Failf("Presenting %s in kubectl view-last-applied", requiredString)
 			}
 
 			By("scale set replicas to 3")