diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/exec/exec.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/exec/exec.go
index 05435e497de..f55296c848e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/exec/exec.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/exec/exec.go
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ func (p *ExecOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, argsIn []s
 	if argsLenAtDash > -1 {
 		p.Command = argsIn[argsLenAtDash:]
 	} else if len(argsIn) > 1 {
-		fmt.Fprint(p.ErrOut, "kubectl exec [POD] [COMMAND] is DEPRECATED and will be removed in a future version. Use kubectl kubectl exec [POD] -- [COMMAND] instead.\n")
+		fmt.Fprint(p.ErrOut, "kubectl exec [POD] [COMMAND] is DEPRECATED and will be removed in a future version. Use kubectl exec [POD] -- [COMMAND] instead.\n")
 		p.Command = argsIn[1:]
 	} else if len(argsIn) > 0 && len(p.FilenameOptions.Filenames) != 0 {
-		fmt.Fprint(p.ErrOut, "kubectl exec [POD] [COMMAND] is DEPRECATED and will be removed in a future version. Use kubectl kubectl exec [POD] -- [COMMAND] instead.\n")
+		fmt.Fprint(p.ErrOut, "kubectl exec [POD] [COMMAND] is DEPRECATED and will be removed in a future version. Use kubectl exec [POD] -- [COMMAND] instead.\n")
 		p.Command = argsIn[0:]
 		p.ResourceName = ""
 	}