diff --git a/cmd/nginx/main.go b/cmd/nginx/main.go
index de989d911..0018b435e 100644
--- a/cmd/nginx/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nginx/main.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func handleSigterm(ngx *controller.NGINXController, exit exiter) {
 // kubeConfig is the location of a kubeconfig file. If defined, the kubeconfig
 // file is loaded first, the URL of the API server read from the file is then
 // optionally overridden by the value of apiserverHost.
-// If neither apiserverHost nor kubeConfig are passed in, we assume the
+// If neither apiserverHost nor kubeConfig is passed in, we assume the
 // controller runs inside Kubernetes and fallback to the in-cluster config. If
 // the in-cluster config is missing or fails, we fallback to the default config.
 func createApiserverClient(apiserverHost, kubeConfig string) (*kubernetes.Clientset, error) {