diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kit.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kit.pm
index 4264c447c..acee2e98e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kit.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kit.pm
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ sub addkit
                 xCAT::MsgUtils->message("I", \%rsp, $callback);
             }
 
-            #avoid while space in the dir name
+            #avoid white space in the dir name
             $kit =~ s/(\s)/\\$1/g;
 
             $rc = system("tar jxvf $kit -C /tmp/tmpkit/");