diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index 1894c6fcf1b..77be4635219 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ func (swc SwapCheck) Check() (warnings, errors []error) {
 	}
 
 	if len(buf) > 1 {
-		return []error{fmt.Errorf("running with swap on is not supported. Please disable swap or set kubelet's --fail-swap-on flag to false")}, nil
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("running with swap on is not supported. Please disable swap")}
 	}
 
 	return nil, nil