diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index ef1eac4c55..e1ce0d07db 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ function try-load-docker-image {
   local -i attempt_num=1
   until timeout 30 docker load -i "${img}"; do
     if [[ "${attempt_num}" == "${max_attempts}" ]]; then
-      echo "Fail to load docker image file ${img} after ${max_attempts} retries. Exist!!"
+      echo "Fail to load docker image file ${img} after ${max_attempts} retries. Exit!!"
       exit 1
     else
       attempt_num=$((attempt_num+1))