diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/polymorphichelpers/rollback.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/polymorphichelpers/rollback.go
index 00426600f37..a47fb2d864c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/polymorphichelpers/rollback.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/polymorphichelpers/rollback.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (r *DeploymentRollbacker) Rollback(obj runtime.Object, updatedAnnotations m
 		return printTemplate(&rsForRevision.Spec.Template)
 	}
 	if deployment.Spec.Paused {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("you cannot rollback a paused deployment; resume it first with 'kubectl rollout resume deployment/%s' and try again", name)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("you cannot rollback a paused deployment; resume it first with 'kubectl rollout resume' and try again")
 	}
 
 	// Skip if the revision already matches current Deployment