diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/template.go b/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/template.go
index 73b70ff5ce76..f5a8004d6b55 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/template.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster/template.go
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func getGitHubClient(configVariablesClient config.VariablesClient) (*github.Clie
 // handleGithubErr wraps error messages.
 func handleGithubErr(err error, message string, args ...interface{}) error {
 	if _, ok := err.(*github.RateLimitError); ok {
-		return errors.New("rate limit for github api has been reached. Please wait one hour or get a personal API tokens a assign it to the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable")
+		return errors.New("rate limit for github api has been reached. Please wait one hour or get a personal API token and assign it to the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable")
 	}
 	return errors.Wrapf(err, message, args...)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/client/repository/repository_github.go b/cmd/clusterctl/client/repository/repository_github.go
index 8fafddd7f00d..639f3fc8d057 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/client/repository/repository_github.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/client/repository/repository_github.go
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func (g *gitHubRepository) downloadFilesFromRelease(release *github.RepositoryRe
 // handleGithubErr wraps error messages.
 func (g *gitHubRepository) handleGithubErr(err error, message string, args ...interface{}) error {
 	if _, ok := err.(*github.RateLimitError); ok {
-		return errors.New("rate limit for github api has been reached. Please wait one hour or get a personal API tokens a assign it to the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable")
+		return errors.New("rate limit for github api has been reached. Please wait one hour or get a personal API token and assign it to the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable")
 	}
 	return errors.Wrapf(err, message, args...)
 }