diff --git a/hack/update-api-reference-docs.sh b/hack/update-api-reference-docs.sh
index 0d811b64a25..5753b98d11c 100755
--- a/hack/update-api-reference-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/update-api-reference-docs.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ while read file; do
   fi
 done <"${OUTPUT_TMP}/.generated_html"
 
-echo "Moving api reference docs from ${OUT_TMP} to ${OUTPUT}"
+echo "Moving api reference docs from ${OUTPUT_TMP} to ${OUTPUT}"
 
 cp -af "${OUTPUT_TMP}"/* "${OUTPUT}"
 rm -r ${OUTPUT_TMP}
diff --git a/hack/verify-api-reference-docs.sh b/hack/verify-api-reference-docs.sh
index 79d86b6bc66..af93a63a4d4 100755
--- a/hack/verify-api-reference-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-api-reference-docs.sh
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 kube::golang::setup_env
 
 API_REFERENCE_DOCS_ROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/docs/api-reference"
-HOST_OUTPUT_DIR="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/api-reference"
-mkdir -p ${HOST_OUTPUT_DIR}
+OUTPUT_DIR="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/api-reference"
+mkdir -p ${OUTPUT_DIR}
 TMP_ROOT="${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp"
 
 # Generate API reference docs in tmp.
-"./hack/update-api-reference-docs.sh" "${HOST_OUTPUT_DIR}"
+"./hack/update-api-reference-docs.sh" "${OUTPUT_DIR}"
 
 echo "diffing ${API_REFERENCE_DOCS_ROOT} against freshly generated docs"
 ret=0
-diff -Naupr -I 'Last update' --exclude=*.md "${API_REFERENCE_DOCS_ROOT}" "${HOST_OUTPUT_DIR}" || ret=$?
+diff -Naupr -I 'Last update' --exclude=*.md "${API_REFERENCE_DOCS_ROOT}" "${OUTPUT_DIR}" || ret=$?
 rm -rf "${TMP_ROOT}"
 if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]
 then