diff --git a/pkg/discovery/dns/miekgdns/resolver.go b/pkg/discovery/dns/miekgdns/resolver.go
index a6a2b6cb7ed..e8e847b50a9 100644
--- a/pkg/discovery/dns/miekgdns/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/discovery/dns/miekgdns/resolver.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (r *Resolver) lookupIPAddr(host string, currIteration, maxIterations int) (
 			// Recursively resolve it.
 			addrs, err := r.lookupIPAddr(addr.Target, currIteration+1, maxIterations)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to recursively resolve %s", addr.Target)
+				return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "recursively resolve %s", addr.Target)
 			}
 			resp = append(resp, addrs...)
 		default: