diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/validate_name.go b/pkg/chartutil/validate_name.go
index 22132c80e..8a71a38c2 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/validate_name.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/validate_name.go
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ var (
 	errMissingName = errors.New("no name provided")
 
 	// errInvalidName indicates that an invalid release name was provided
-	errInvalidName = errors.New("invalid release name, must match regex ^(([A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9_.]*)?[A-Za-z0-9])+$ and the length must not longer than 53")
+	errInvalidName = errors.New("invalid release name, must match regex ^(([A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9_.]*)?[A-Za-z0-9])+$ and the length must not be longer than 53")
 
 	// errInvalidKubernetesName indicates that the name does not meet the Kubernetes
 	// restrictions on metadata names.
-	errInvalidKubernetesName = errors.New("invalid metadata name, must match regex ^(([A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9_.]*)?[A-Za-z0-9])+$ and the length must not longer than 253")
+	errInvalidKubernetesName = errors.New("invalid metadata name, must match regex ^[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?(.[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?)*$ and the length must not be longer than 253")
 )
 
 const (