diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index 2f302f0bf91..8c0be50d10d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ func (swc SwapCheck) Check() (warnings, errorList []error) {
 	}
 
 	if len(buf) > 1 {
-		return []error{errors.New("swap is enabled; production deployments should disable swap unless testing NodeSwap feature.")}, nil
+		return []error{errors.New("swap is enabled; production deployments should disable swap unless testing the NodeSwap feature gate of the kubelet")}, nil
 	}
 
 	return nil, nil