diff --git a/designs/simplified-scaffolding.md b/designs/simplified-scaffolding.md
index 1790ef3d707..7c15582a4bf 100644
--- a/designs/simplified-scaffolding.md
+++ b/designs/simplified-scaffolding.md
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ import (
 var (
 	GroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: "mygroup.test.k8s.io", Version: "v1"}
 
-	// schemeBuilder is used to add go types to the GroupVersionKind scheme
-	schemeBuilder = &scheme.Builder{GroupVersion: GroupVersion}
+	// SchemeBuilder is used to add go types to the GroupVersionKind scheme
+	SchemeBuilder = &scheme.Builder{GroupVersion: GroupVersion}
 
 	// AddToScheme adds the types in this group-version to the given scheme.
 	AddToScheme = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
diff --git a/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/api/v1/groupversion_info.go b/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/api/v1/groupversion_info.go
index 7c9e12a7f10..8c72f3919c1 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/api/v1/groupversion_info.go
+++ b/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/api/v1/groupversion_info.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 	// GroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
 	GroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: "batch.tutorial.kubebuilder.io", Version: "v1"}
 
-	// schemeBuilder is used to add go types to the GroupVersionKind scheme
+	// SchemeBuilder is used to add go types to the GroupVersionKind scheme
 	SchemeBuilder = &scheme.Builder{GroupVersion: GroupVersion}
 
 	// AddToScheme adds the types in this group-version to the given scheme.
diff --git a/pkg/scaffold/v2/group.go b/pkg/scaffold/v2/group.go
index db251333a49..1a220eac2bb 100644
--- a/pkg/scaffold/v2/group.go
+++ b/pkg/scaffold/v2/group.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ var (
 	// GroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
 	GroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: "{{ .Resource.Group }}.{{ .Domain }}", Version: "{{ .Resource.Version }}"}
 
-	// schemeBuilder is used to add go types to the GroupVersionKind scheme
+	// SchemeBuilder is used to add go types to the GroupVersionKind scheme
 	SchemeBuilder = &scheme.Builder{GroupVersion: GroupVersion}
 
 	// AddToScheme adds the types in this group-version to the given scheme.
diff --git a/testdata/project-v2/api/v1/groupversion_info.go b/testdata/project-v2/api/v1/groupversion_info.go
index d755eed98f0..90c7767bb71 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v2/api/v1/groupversion_info.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v2/api/v1/groupversion_info.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var (
 	// GroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
 	GroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: "crew.testproject.org", Version: "v1"}
 
-	// schemeBuilder is used to add go types to the GroupVersionKind scheme
+	// SchemeBuilder is used to add go types to the GroupVersionKind scheme
 	SchemeBuilder = &scheme.Builder{GroupVersion: GroupVersion}
 
 	// AddToScheme adds the types in this group-version to the given scheme.