diff --git a/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go b/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go
index fb7d65da4a..f665fc0be1 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const (
 // Namespace describes the namespace
 type Namespace struct {
 	NSMode NamespaceMode `json:"nsmode,omitempty"`
-	Value  string        `json:"string,omitempty"`
+	Value  string        `json:"value,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // IsDefault returns whether the namespace is set to the default setting (which