diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/set/set_selector.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/set/set_selector.go
index 1068733597e..eb8c2c8b782 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/set/set_selector.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/set/set_selector.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ var (
 	selectorExample = templates.Examples(`
         # Set the labels and selector before creating a deployment/service pair
         kubectl create service clusterip my-svc --clusterip="None" -o yaml --dry-run=client | kubectl set selector --local -f - 'environment=qa' -o yaml | kubectl create -f -
-        kubectl create deployment my-dep -o yaml --dry-run=client | kubectl label --local -f - environment=qa -o yaml | kubectl create -f -`)
+        kubectl create deployment my-dep --image=nginx -o yaml --dry-run=client | kubectl label --local -f - environment=qa -o yaml | kubectl create -f -`)
 )
 
 // NewSelectorOptions returns an initialized SelectorOptions instance