diff --git a/tools/setup-envtest/version/version.go b/tools/setup-envtest/version/version.go
index 58e7e309a4..1d148b085d 100644
--- a/tools/setup-envtest/version/version.go
+++ b/tools/setup-envtest/version/version.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package version
 import "runtime/debug"
 
 // Version to be set using ldflags:
-// -ldflags "-X sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/version.version=v1.0.0"
+// -ldflags "-X sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest/version.version=v1.0.0"
 // falls back to module information is unse
 var version = ""