diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/proxy/proxy.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/proxy/proxy.go
index c6bbcfd41f9..7ebb67531b8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -71,21 +71,16 @@ var (
 		the remote kubernetes API Server port, except for the path matching the static content path.`))
 
 	proxyExample = templates.Examples(i18n.T(`
-		# To proxy all of the kubernetes api and nothing else, use:
+		# To proxy all of the kubernetes api and nothing else.
+		kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/
 
-		    $ kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/
+		# To proxy only part of the kubernetes api and also some static files.
+		# You can get pods info with 'curl localhost:8001/api/v1/pods'
+		kubectl proxy --www=/my/files --www-prefix=/static/ --api-prefix=/api/
 
-		# To proxy only part of the kubernetes api and also some static files:
-
-		    $ kubectl proxy --www=/my/files --www-prefix=/static/ --api-prefix=/api/
-
-		# The above lets you 'curl localhost:8001/api/v1/pods'.
-
-		# To proxy the entire kubernetes api at a different root, use:
-
-		    $ kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/custom/
-
-		# The above lets you 'curl localhost:8001/custom/api/v1/pods'
+		# To proxy the entire kubernetes api at a different root.
+		# You can get pods info with 'curl localhost:8001/custom/api/v1/pods'
+		kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/custom/
 
 		# Run a proxy to kubernetes apiserver on port 8011, serving static content from ./local/www/
 		kubectl proxy --port=8011 --www=./local/www/
@@ -133,13 +128,13 @@ func NewCmdProxy(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobr
 
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.staticDir, "www", "w", o.staticDir, "Also serve static files from the given directory under the specified prefix.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.staticPrefix, "www-prefix", "P", o.staticPrefix, "Prefix to serve static files under, if static file directory is specified.")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.apiPrefix, "api-prefix", "", o.apiPrefix, "Prefix to serve the proxied API under.")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.apiPrefix, "api-prefix", o.apiPrefix, "Prefix to serve the proxied API under.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.acceptPaths, "accept-paths", o.acceptPaths, "Regular expression for paths that the proxy should accept.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.rejectPaths, "reject-paths", o.rejectPaths, "Regular expression for paths that the proxy should reject. Paths specified here will be rejected even accepted by --accept-paths.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.acceptHosts, "accept-hosts", o.acceptHosts, "Regular expression for hosts that the proxy should accept.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.rejectMethods, "reject-methods", o.rejectMethods, "Regular expression for HTTP methods that the proxy should reject (example --reject-methods='POST,PUT,PATCH'). ")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&o.port, "port", "p", o.port, "The port on which to run the proxy. Set to 0 to pick a random port.")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.address, "address", "", o.address, "The IP address on which to serve on.")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.address, "address", o.address, "The IP address on which to serve on.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.disableFilter, "disable-filter", o.disableFilter, "If true, disable request filtering in the proxy. This is dangerous, and can leave you vulnerable to XSRF attacks, when used with an accessible port.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.unixSocket, "unix-socket", "u", o.unixSocket, "Unix socket on which to run the proxy.")
 	cmd.Flags().DurationVar(&o.keepalive, "keepalive", o.keepalive, "keepalive specifies the keep-alive period for an active network connection. Set to 0 to disable keepalive.")