diff --git a/api/v1/check_types.go b/api/v1/check_types.go
index 51c912a4d..3932f758c 100644
--- a/api/v1/check_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/check_types.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type CheckSpec struct {
 	// +optional
 	PromURL string `json:"promURL,omitempty"`
 
-	// ClusterName sets athe kubernetes cluster name to send to pushgateway for grouping metrics
+	// ClusterName sets the kubernetes cluster name to send to pushgateway for grouping metrics
 	// +optional
 	ClusterName string `json:"clusterName,omitempty"`