diff --git a/pkg/canary/deployment_controller.go b/pkg/canary/deployment_controller.go
index 746c951c8..a4005271b 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/deployment_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/deployment_controller.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (c *DeploymentController) Initialize(cd *flaggerv1.Canary, skipLivenessChec
 		c.logger.With("canary", fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", cd.Name, cd.Namespace)).
 			Infof("Scaling down Deployment %s.%s", cd.Spec.TargetRef.Name, cd.Namespace)
 		if err := c.ScaleToZero(cd); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("scaling down canary daemon set %s.%s failed: %w", cd.Spec.TargetRef.Name, cd.Namespace, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("scaling down canary deployment %s.%s failed: %w", cd.Spec.TargetRef.Name, cd.Namespace, err)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/canary/deployment_ready.go b/pkg/canary/deployment_ready.go
index 86b2a776a..045961cb6 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/deployment_ready.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/deployment_ready.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (c *DeploymentController) IsPrimaryReady(cd *flaggerv1.Canary) error {
 
 	_, err = c.isDeploymentReady(primary, cd.GetProgressDeadlineSeconds())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("primary daemonset %s.%s not ready: %w", primaryName, cd.Namespace, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("primary deployment %s.%s not ready: %w", primaryName, cd.Namespace, err)
 	}
 
 	if primary.Spec.Replicas == int32p(0) {