diff --git a/pkg/actions/cluster/owned.go b/pkg/actions/cluster/owned.go
index 8e6af1f60d..e91ef2de01 100644
--- a/pkg/actions/cluster/owned.go
+++ b/pkg/actions/cluster/owned.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (c *OwnedCluster) Delete(ctx context.Context, _, podEvictionWaitPeriod time
 		clientSet, err = c.newClientSet()
 		if err != nil {
 			if force {
-				logger.Warning("error occurred while deleting IAM Role stacks for pod identity associations: %v; force=true so preceding with cluster deletion", err)
+				logger.Warning("error occurred while deleting IAM Role stacks for pod identity associations: %v; force=true so proceeding with cluster deletion", err)
 				return &tasks.TaskTree{}, nil
 			}
 			return nil, err