diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
index 4c3d1b9905a..580ab72a84c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
@@ -286,10 +286,7 @@ func addJoinConfigFlags(flagSet *flag.FlagSet, cfg *kubeadmapiv1.JoinConfigurati
 
 // addJoinOtherFlags adds join flags that are not bound to a configuration file to the given flagset
 func addJoinOtherFlags(flagSet *flag.FlagSet, joinOptions *joinOptions) {
-	flagSet.StringVar(
-		&joinOptions.cfgPath, options.CfgPath, joinOptions.cfgPath,
-		"Path to kubeadm config file.",
-	)
+	options.AddConfigFlag(flagSet, &joinOptions.cfgPath)
 	flagSet.StringSliceVar(
 		&joinOptions.ignorePreflightErrors, options.IgnorePreflightErrors, joinOptions.ignorePreflightErrors,
 		"A list of checks whose errors will be shown as warnings. Example: 'IsPrivilegedUser,Swap'. Value 'all' ignores errors from all checks.",