diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/processor.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/processor.go
index 2481cd8f9a54..d324e513afc6 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/processor.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/processor.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (kp *kubernetesprocessor) Start(_ context.Context, host component.Host) err
 	if kp.kc == nil {
 		err := kp.initKubeClient(kp.telemetrySettings, kubeClientProvider)
 		if err != nil {
-			kp.logger.Error("Could not initialise kube client", zap.Error(err))
+			kp.logger.Error("Could not initialize kube client", zap.Error(err))
 			componentstatus.ReportStatus(host, componentstatus.NewFatalErrorEvent(err))
 			return nil
 		}