diff --git a/core/v1/types.go b/core/v1/types.go
index 0c0e0eb62..007114b22 100644
--- a/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/core/v1/types.go
@@ -638,18 +638,19 @@ const (
 	// State set when resize controller starts resizing the volume in control-plane.
 	PersistentVolumeClaimControllerResizeInProgress ClaimResourceStatus = "ControllerResizeInProgress"
 
-	// State set when resize has failed in resize controller with a terminal error.
+	// State set when resize has failed in resize controller with a terminal unrecoverable error.
 	// Transient errors such as timeout should not set this status and should leave allocatedResourceStatus
 	// unmodified, so as resize controller can resume the volume expansion.
-	PersistentVolumeClaimControllerResizeFailed ClaimResourceStatus = "ControllerResizeFailed"
+	PersistentVolumeClaimControllerResizeInfeasible ClaimResourceStatus = "ControllerResizeInfeasible"
 
 	// State set when resize controller has finished resizing the volume but further resizing of volume
 	// is needed on the node.
 	PersistentVolumeClaimNodeResizePending ClaimResourceStatus = "NodeResizePending"
 	// State set when kubelet starts resizing the volume.
 	PersistentVolumeClaimNodeResizeInProgress ClaimResourceStatus = "NodeResizeInProgress"
-	// State set when resizing has failed in kubelet with a terminal error. Transient errors don't set NodeResizeFailed
-	PersistentVolumeClaimNodeResizeFailed ClaimResourceStatus = "NodeResizeFailed"
+	// State set when resizing has failed in kubelet with a terminal unrecoverable error. Transient errors
+	// shouldn't set this status
+	PersistentVolumeClaimNodeResizeInfeasible ClaimResourceStatus = "NodeResizeInfeasible"
 )
 
 // +enum