diff --git a/pkg/apis/admissionregistration/types.go b/pkg/apis/admissionregistration/types.go
index 3fa9a075102..46e9626ad5b 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/admissionregistration/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/admissionregistration/types.go
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ type ValidatingWebhook struct {
 	// SideEffects states whether this webhook has side effects.
 	// Acceptable values are: Unknown, None, Some, NoneOnDryRun
 	// Webhooks with side effects MUST implement a reconciliation system, since a request may be
-	// rejected by a future step in the admission change and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
+	// rejected by a future step in the admission chain and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
 	// Requests with the dryRun attribute will be auto-rejected if they match a webhook with
 	// sideEffects == Unknown or Some. Defaults to Unknown.
 	// +optional
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ type MutatingWebhook struct {
 	// SideEffects states whether this webhook has side effects.
 	// Acceptable values are: Unknown, None, Some, NoneOnDryRun
 	// Webhooks with side effects MUST implement a reconciliation system, since a request may be
-	// rejected by a future step in the admission change and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
+	// rejected by a future step in the admission chain and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
 	// Requests with the dryRun attribute will be auto-rejected if they match a webhook with
 	// sideEffects == Unknown or Some. Defaults to Unknown.
 	// +optional
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1/types.go
index 74b87828747..3324878c16f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1/types.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ type ValidatingWebhook struct {
 	// SideEffects states whether this webhook has side effects.
 	// Acceptable values are: None, NoneOnDryRun (webhooks created via v1beta1 may also specify Some or Unknown).
 	// Webhooks with side effects MUST implement a reconciliation system, since a request may be
-	// rejected by a future step in the admission change and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
+	// rejected by a future step in the admission chain and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
 	// Requests with the dryRun attribute will be auto-rejected if they match a webhook with
 	// sideEffects == Unknown or Some.
 	SideEffects *SideEffectClass `json:"sideEffects" protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=sideEffects,casttype=SideEffectClass"`
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ type MutatingWebhook struct {
 	// SideEffects states whether this webhook has side effects.
 	// Acceptable values are: None, NoneOnDryRun (webhooks created via v1beta1 may also specify Some or Unknown).
 	// Webhooks with side effects MUST implement a reconciliation system, since a request may be
-	// rejected by a future step in the admission change and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
+	// rejected by a future step in the admission chain and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
 	// Requests with the dryRun attribute will be auto-rejected if they match a webhook with
 	// sideEffects == Unknown or Some.
 	SideEffects *SideEffectClass `json:"sideEffects" protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=sideEffects,casttype=SideEffectClass"`
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1/types.go
index 2297b7e130f..c360489a779 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ type ValidatingWebhook struct {
 	// SideEffects states whether this webhook has side effects.
 	// Acceptable values are: Unknown, None, Some, NoneOnDryRun
 	// Webhooks with side effects MUST implement a reconciliation system, since a request may be
-	// rejected by a future step in the admission change and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
+	// rejected by a future step in the admission chain and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
 	// Requests with the dryRun attribute will be auto-rejected if they match a webhook with
 	// sideEffects == Unknown or Some. Defaults to Unknown.
 	// +optional
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ type MutatingWebhook struct {
 	// SideEffects states whether this webhook has side effects.
 	// Acceptable values are: Unknown, None, Some, NoneOnDryRun
 	// Webhooks with side effects MUST implement a reconciliation system, since a request may be
-	// rejected by a future step in the admission change and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
+	// rejected by a future step in the admission chain and the side effects therefore need to be undone.
 	// Requests with the dryRun attribute will be auto-rejected if they match a webhook with
 	// sideEffects == Unknown or Some. Defaults to Unknown.
 	// +optional