diff --git a/pkg/controller/backup_deletion_controller.go b/pkg/controller/backup_deletion_controller.go
index 9cbfe1e8d..52d358042 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/backup_deletion_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/backup_deletion_controller.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func (r *backupDeletionReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
 
-	// if the request object has no labels defined, initialise an empty map since
+	// if the request object has no labels defined, initialize an empty map since
 	// we will be updating labels
 	if dbr.Labels == nil {
 		dbr.Labels = map[string]string{}