diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05d2285..f71613d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 | <a name="input_kiali_application_version"></a> [kiali\_application\_version](#input\_kiali\_application\_version) | The version of kiali to install | `string` | `"v1.73.0"` | no |
 | <a name="input_kiali_operator_version"></a> [kiali\_operator\_version](#input\_kiali\_operator\_version) | The version of kiali to install | `string` | `"1.73.0"` | no |
 | <a name="input_namespace"></a> [namespace](#input\_namespace) | The namespace to create and into which the tools are deployed. | `string` | `"istio-tools"` | no |
-| <a name="input_operators_namespace"></a> [operators\_namespace](#input\_operators\_namespace) | The namespace into which all operators are to be deployed. | `string` | n/a | yes |
+| <a name="input_operator_namespace"></a> [operator\_namespace](#input\_operator\_namespace) | The namespace into which all operators are to be deployed. | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_profile"></a> [profile](#input\_profile) | The AWS\_PROFILE to use while running the scripts. | `string` | `""` | no |
 | <a name="input_prometheus_internal_url"></a> [prometheus\_internal\_url](#input\_prometheus\_internal\_url) | The url within the cluster to use to query the prometheus server. | `string` | n/a | yes |
 
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 312e0bc..231ede6 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ CONFIG
 
 data "kubernetes_namespace" "operators" {
   metadata {
-    name = var.operators_namespace
+    name = var.operator_namespace
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 848ff40..b509ff2 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ variable "istio_namespace" {
   default     = "istio-system"
 }
 
+variable "operator_namespace" {
+  description = "The namespace into which all operators are to be deployed."
+  type        = string
+}
+
 variable "grafana_namespace" {
   description = "The namespace holding the grafana instance, used to look up the grafana password."
   type        = string