diff --git a/kubernetes/kubernetes-launch.sh b/kubernetes/kubernetes-launch.sh
index c26db42..65dc313 100755
--- a/kubernetes/kubernetes-launch.sh
+++ b/kubernetes/kubernetes-launch.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
   do
     if [ ${jobtimeout} -lt 0 ]; then
       kubectl delete -f - <<< "${yamlfile}"
-      echo "Timeout occured before job was present in the API"
+      echo "Timeout occurred before job was present in the API"
       exit 1
     else
       sleep 1
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
   do
     if [ ${podtimeout} -lt 0 ]; then
       kubectl delete -f - <<< "${yamlfile}"
-      echo "Timeout occured before pod was Running"
+      echo "Timeout occurred before pod was Running"
       exit 1
     else
       sleep 1