diff --git a/cmd/nginx/flags.go b/cmd/nginx/flags.go
index 1dfde62fa..79217778d 100644
--- a/cmd/nginx/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/nginx/flags.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func parseFlags() (bool, *controller.Configuration, error) {
 		is being stopped. Default is true`)
 
 		sortBackends = flags.Bool("sort-backends", false,
-			`Defines if backends and it's endpoints should be sorted`)
+			`Defines if backends and its endpoints should be sorted`)
 
 		useNodeInternalIP = flags.Bool("report-node-internal-ip-address", false,
 			`Defines if the nodes IP address to be returned in the ingress status should be the internal instead of the external IP address`)