diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/logs/logs.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/logs/logs.go
index 09bee9aa448..4b6c0fc373c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/logs/logs.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/logs/logs.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ var (
 		kubectl logs nginx --all-containers=true
 
 		# Return snapshot logs from all containers in pods defined by label app=nginx
-		kubectl logs -lapp=nginx --all-containers=true
+		kubectl logs -l app=nginx --all-containers=true
 
 		# Return snapshot of previous terminated ruby container logs from pod web-1
 		kubectl logs -p -c ruby web-1
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ var (
 		kubectl logs -f -c ruby web-1
 
 		# Begin streaming the logs from all containers in pods defined by label app=nginx
-		kubectl logs -f -lapp=nginx --all-containers=true
+		kubectl logs -f -l app=nginx --all-containers=true
 
 		# Display only the most recent 20 lines of output in pod nginx
 		kubectl logs --tail=20 nginx