diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/util/time/time.go b/pkg/skaffold/util/time/time.go
index 3827bc20ea3..ccb7b816470 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/util/time/time.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/util/time/time.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func Humanize(start time.Duration) string {
 	if out.Minute() > 1 {
 		longTime = strings.ReplaceAll(longTime, "minute", "minutes")
 	}
-	if out.Second() > 1 {
+	if out.Second() != 1 {
 		longTime = strings.ReplaceAll(longTime, "second", "seconds")
 	}
 	return longTime
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/util/time/time_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/util/time/time_test.go
index fa60fdc0c84..4fdb1b8c24b 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/util/time/time_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/util/time/time_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ func TestHumanize(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("%s", err)
 	}
+	duration3, err := time.ParseDuration("1h3m0.5s")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("%s", err)
+	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		description string
 		value       time.Duration
@@ -78,6 +82,11 @@ func TestHumanize(t *testing.T) {
 			value:       duration2,
 			expected:    "5.234 seconds",
 		},
+		{
+			description: "Case for 1h3m0.5s (plural for fraction of second)",
+			value:       duration3,
+			expected:    "1 hour 3 minutes 0.5 seconds",
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		testutil.Run(t, test.description, func(t *testutil.T) {