diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go b/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
index 5b6c5ee08c..239310b558 100644
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ type OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec struct {
 	InitContainers []v1.Container `json:"initContainers,omitempty"`
 
 	// AdditionalContainers allows injecting additional containers into the Collector's pod definition.
-	// These sidecar containers can be used to authentication proxies, logging shipping sidecars, agents for shipping
+	// These sidecar containers can be used for authentication proxies, logging shipping sidecars, agents for shipping
 	// to metrics to their cloud, or in general sidecars that do not support automatic injection. This option only
 	// applies to Deployment, DaemonSet, and StatefulSet deployments of the collector. It does not apply to the sidecar
 	// method. More info: