diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
index 7dc5cb4d499..53f6e2d24e7 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func addJoinOtherFlags(flagSet *flag.FlagSet, joinOptions *joinOptions) {
 		&joinOptions.controlPlane, options.ExperimentalControlPlane, joinOptions.controlPlane,
 		"Create a new control plane instance on this node",
 	)
-	flagSet.MarkDeprecated(options.ExperimentalUploadCerts, fmt.Sprintf("use --%s instead", options.ControlPlane))
+	flagSet.MarkDeprecated(options.ExperimentalControlPlane, fmt.Sprintf("use --%s instead", options.ControlPlane))
 }
 
 // newJoinOptions returns a struct ready for being used for creating cmd join flags.