diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go
index c813ff79a0d..4bafc66fea7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ var (
 
 
 		# Installing bash completion on Linux
+		## If bash-completion is not installed on Linux, please install the 'bash-completion' package
+		## via your distribution's package manager.
 		## Load the kubectl completion code for bash into the current shell
 		    source <(kubectl completion bash)
 		## Write bash completion code to a file and source if from .bash_profile