diff --git a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go b/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go
index a2cac9d063..9090e4a34d 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/host_path/host_path.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (plugin *hostPathPlugin) NewUnmounter(volName string, podUID types.UID) (vo
 // HostPath recycling only works in single node clusters and is meant for testing purposes only.
 func (plugin *hostPathPlugin) Recycle(pvName string, spec *volume.Spec, eventRecorder recyclerclient.RecycleEventRecorder) error {
 	if spec.PersistentVolume == nil || spec.PersistentVolume.Spec.HostPath == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("spec.PersistentVolumeSource.HostPath is nil")
+		return fmt.Errorf("spec.PersistentVolume.Spec.HostPath is nil")
 	}
 
 	pod := plugin.config.RecyclerPodTemplate
diff --git a/pkg/volume/quobyte/quobyte.go b/pkg/volume/quobyte/quobyte.go
index 524a492489..22be50e8f0 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/quobyte/quobyte.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/quobyte/quobyte.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ type quobyteVolumeDeleter struct {
 
 func (plugin *quobytePlugin) NewDeleter(spec *volume.Spec) (volume.Deleter, error) {
 	if spec.PersistentVolume != nil && spec.PersistentVolume.Spec.Quobyte == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("spec.PersistentVolumeSource.Spec.Quobyte is nil")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("spec.PersistentVolume.Spec.Quobyte is nil")
 	}
 
 	return plugin.newDeleterInternal(spec)
diff --git a/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go b/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
index 4c5d7e761a..20776de47f 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/rbd/rbd.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (plugin *rbdPlugin) getAdminAndSecret(spec *volume.Spec) (string, string, e
 
 func (plugin *rbdPlugin) ExpandVolumeDevice(spec *volume.Spec, newSize resource.Quantity, oldSize resource.Quantity) (resource.Quantity, error) {
 	if spec.PersistentVolume != nil && spec.PersistentVolume.Spec.RBD == nil {
-		return oldSize, fmt.Errorf("spec.PersistentVolumeSource.Spec.RBD is nil")
+		return oldSize, fmt.Errorf("spec.PersistentVolume.Spec.RBD is nil")
 	}
 
 	// get admin and secret
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ func (plugin *rbdPlugin) getDeviceNameFromOldMountPath(mounter mount.Interface,
 
 func (plugin *rbdPlugin) NewDeleter(spec *volume.Spec) (volume.Deleter, error) {
 	if spec.PersistentVolume != nil && spec.PersistentVolume.Spec.RBD == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("spec.PersistentVolumeSource.Spec.RBD is nil")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("spec.PersistentVolume.Spec.RBD is nil")
 	}
 
 	admin, secret, err := plugin.getAdminAndSecret(spec)