diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/builder.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/builder.go
index 5ea50169856..2f665bb51d0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/builder.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource/builder.go
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ func (b *Builder) visitorResult() *Result {
 				return &Result{err: err}
 			}
 		}
-		return &Result{err: fmt.Errorf("resource(s) were provided, but no name, label selector, or --all flag specified")}
+		return &Result{err: fmt.Errorf("resource(s) were provided, but no name was specified")}
 	}
 	return &Result{err: missingResourceError}
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/delete/delete_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/delete/delete_test.go
index f5e36e3bbee..dbe94cad3e7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/delete/delete_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/delete/delete_test.go
@@ -794,13 +794,13 @@ func TestResourceErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		"resources but no selectors": {
 			args: []string{"pods"},
 			errFn: func(err error) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "resource(s) were provided, but no name, label selector, or --all flag specified")
+				return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "resource(s) were provided, but no name was specified")
 			},
 		},
 		"multiple resources but no selectors": {
 			args: []string{"pods,deployments"},
 			errFn: func(err error) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "resource(s) were provided, but no name, label selector, or --all flag specified")
+				return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "resource(s) were provided, but no name was specified")
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/label/label_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/label/label_test.go
index e3f7169764e..63176eedabe 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/label/label_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/label/label_test.go
@@ -311,13 +311,13 @@ func TestLabelErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		"resources but no selectors": {
 			args: []string{"pods", "app=bar"},
 			errFn: func(err error) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "resource(s) were provided, but no name, label selector, or --all flag specified")
+				return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "resource(s) were provided, but no name was specified")
 			},
 		},
 		"multiple resources but no selectors": {
 			args: []string{"pods,deployments", "app=bar"},
 			errFn: func(err error) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "resource(s) were provided, but no name, label selector, or --all flag specified")
+				return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "resource(s) were provided, but no name was specified")
 			},
 		},
 	}