diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go
index 5d09f77a66d..be8bc30f5eb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get_test.go
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func TestGetObjectsWithOpenAPIOutputFormatPresent(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func TestGetObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ func TestGetSortedObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ func TestGetObjectsIdentifiedByFile(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ func TestGetListObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ func TestGetAllListObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ func TestGetListComponentStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsWithSelector(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsWithDirectReference(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ func TestGetByFormatForcesFlag(t *testing.T) {
 
 	showAllFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("show-all")
 	if showAllFlag {
-		t.Errorf("expected showAll to not be true when getting resource")
+		t.Error("expected showAll to not be true when getting resource")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ func TestWatchSelector(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ func TestWatchResource(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ func TestWatchResourceIdentifiedByFile(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ func TestWatchOnlyResource(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ func TestWatchOnlyList(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyObjects(t, expected, tf.Printer.(*testPrinter).Objects)
 
 	if len(buf.String()) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected empty output")
+		t.Error("unexpected empty output")
 	}
 }