diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go
index 228dbdb0e0..5547d4f227 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func nodeStatus(api libmachine.API, cc config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node) (*St
 	// Check storage
 	p, err := machine.StorageCapacity(cr, "/var")
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("failed to get memory capacity of /var: %v", err)
+		glog.Errorf("failed to get storage capacity of /var: %v", err)
 		st.Host = state.Error.String()
 		return st, err
 	}