diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
index 2ebeafc175..ca4e1d9000 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<
       "json",
     );
 
-    assert(rawItem, `Failed to patch ${item.getDescriptor()} of ${item.kind} ${item.apiVersion}`);
+    assert(rawItem, `Failed to patch ${item.getScopedName()} of ${item.kind} ${item.apiVersion}`);
 
     return this.postUpdate(rawItem);
   }
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<
       data,
     );
 
-    assert(rawItem, `Failed to update ${item.getDescriptor()} of ${item.kind} ${item.apiVersion}`);
+    assert(rawItem, `Failed to update ${item.getScopedName()} of ${item.kind} ${item.apiVersion}`);
 
     return this.postUpdate(rawItem);
   }
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.ts
index ce66fd6e84..3431c6fcd2 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.ts
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ export class KubeObject<
     return this.metadata.resourceVersion;
   }
 
-  getDescriptor() {
+  getScopedName() {
     const ns = this.getNs();
     const res = ns ? `${ns}/` : "";