diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
index 954d11364d9..99601f47e67 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (s *APIServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.KubeletConfig.EnableHttps, "kubelet-https", s.KubeletConfig.EnableHttps, "Use https for kubelet connections")
 	fs.UintVar(&s.KubeletConfig.Port, "kubelet-port", s.KubeletConfig.Port, "Kubelet port")
 	fs.DurationVar(&s.KubeletConfig.HTTPTimeout, "kubelet-timeout", s.KubeletConfig.HTTPTimeout, "Timeout for kubelet operations")
-	fs.StringVar(&s.KubeletConfig.CertFile, "kubelet-client-certificate", s.KubeletConfig.CertFile, "Path to a client key file for TLS.")
+	fs.StringVar(&s.KubeletConfig.CertFile, "kubelet-client-certificate", s.KubeletConfig.CertFile, "Path to a client cert file for TLS.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.KubeletConfig.KeyFile, "kubelet-client-key", s.KubeletConfig.KeyFile, "Path to a client key file for TLS.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.KubeletConfig.CAFile, "kubelet-certificate-authority", s.KubeletConfig.CAFile, "Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.")
 }