diff --git a/kubernetes/crds/machine.sapcloud.io_machineclasses.yaml b/kubernetes/crds/machine.sapcloud.io_machineclasses.yaml
index 85f4472a6..c009e96cd 100644
--- a/kubernetes/crds/machine.sapcloud.io_machineclasses.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/crds/machine.sapcloud.io_machineclasses.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
     listKind: MachineClassList
     plural: machineclasses
     shortNames:
-    - machcls
+    - machclass
     singular: machineclass
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/machine/v1alpha1/machineclass_types.go b/pkg/apis/machine/v1alpha1/machineclass_types.go
index c88a5b0fc..c79aa96c2 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/machine/v1alpha1/machineclass_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/machine/v1alpha1/machineclass_types.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:noStatus
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
-// +kubebuilder:resource:shortName="machcls"
+// +kubebuilder:resource:shortName="machclass"
 // +kubebuilder:object:root=true
 
 // MachineClass can be used to templatize and re-use provider configuration