diff --git a/pkg/controller/common/rollout/workloads/deployment_controller.go b/pkg/controller/common/rollout/workloads/deployment_controller.go
index 809975ba9..ab8d89490 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/common/rollout/workloads/deployment_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/common/rollout/workloads/deployment_controller.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (c *DeploymentController) VerifySpec(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	if !c.sourceDeploy.Spec.Paused {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("the source eployment %s is still being reconciled, need to be paused",
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("the source deployment %s is still being reconciled, need to be paused",
 			c.sourceDeploy.GetName())
 	}