diff --git a/pkg/cvo/status.go b/pkg/cvo/status.go
index 65e5df406..29825ee03 100644
--- a/pkg/cvo/status.go
+++ b/pkg/cvo/status.go
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func convertErrorToProgressing(history []configv1.UpdateHistory, now time.Time,
 	return "", "", false
 }
 
-// syncDegradedStatus handles generic errors in the cluster version. It tries to preserve
+// syncFailingStatus handles generic errors in the cluster version. It tries to preserve
 // all status fields that it can by using the provided config or loading the latest version
 // from the cache (instead of clearing the status).
 // if ierr is nil, return nil