diff --git a/pkg/controller/destinationrule/destinationrule_controller.go b/pkg/controller/destinationrule/destinationrule_controller.go
index 29d8c596c66a3f87131c9b49c5189d3abf3df26a..de82664f221159ea433e4eb4d969980ec58781bb 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/destinationrule/destinationrule_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/destinationrule/destinationrule_controller.go
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func (v *DestinationRuleController) syncService(key string) error {
 		!util.IsApplicationComponent(service.Labels) ||
 		!util.IsServicemeshEnabled(service.Annotations) ||
 		len(service.Spec.Ports) == 0 {
-		// services don't have enough labels to create a virtualservice
+		// services don't have enough labels to create a destinationrule
 		// or they don't have necessary labels
 		// or they don't have servicemesh enabled
 		// or they don't have any ports defined