diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
index 4690d31439b..9e05ffa867d 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
@@ -2227,8 +2227,8 @@ run_secrets_test() {
   kubectl create secret docker-registry test-secret --docker-username=test-user --docker-password=test-password --docker-email='test-user@test.com' --namespace=test-secrets
   # Post-condition: secret exists and has expected values
   kube::test::get_object_assert 'secret/test-secret --namespace=test-secrets' "{{$id_field}}" 'test-secret'
-  kube::test::get_object_assert 'secret/test-secret --namespace=test-secrets' "{{$secret_type}}" 'kubernetes.io/dockercfg'
-  [[ "$(kubectl get secret/test-secret --namespace=test-secrets -o yaml "${kube_flags[@]}" | grep '.dockercfg:')" ]]
+  kube::test::get_object_assert 'secret/test-secret --namespace=test-secrets' "{{$secret_type}}" 'kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson'
+  [[ "$(kubectl get secret/test-secret --namespace=test-secrets -o yaml "${kube_flags[@]}" | grep '.dockerconfigjson:')" ]]
   # Clean-up
   kubectl delete secret test-secret --namespace=test-secrets
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/secret_for_docker_registry.go b/pkg/kubectl/secret_for_docker_registry.go
index fc1e15b6b91..cad90cfe1a2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/secret_for_docker_registry.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/secret_for_docker_registry.go
@@ -85,15 +85,15 @@ func (s SecretForDockerRegistryGeneratorV1) StructuredGenerate() (runtime.Object
 	if err := s.validate(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	dockercfgContent, err := handleDockercfgContent(s.Username, s.Password, s.Email, s.Server)
+	dockercfgJsonContent, err := handleDockerCfgJsonContent(s.Username, s.Password, s.Email, s.Server)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	secret := &v1.Secret{}
 	secret.Name = s.Name
-	secret.Type = v1.SecretTypeDockercfg
+	secret.Type = v1.SecretTypeDockerConfigJson
 	secret.Data = map[string][]byte{}
-	secret.Data[v1.DockerConfigKey] = dockercfgContent
+	secret.Data[v1.DockerConfigJsonKey] = dockercfgJsonContent
 	if s.AppendHash {
 		h, err := hash.SecretHash(secret)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -133,17 +133,17 @@ func (s SecretForDockerRegistryGeneratorV1) validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// handleDockercfgContent serializes a dockercfg json file
-func handleDockercfgContent(username, password, email, server string) ([]byte, error) {
+// handleDockerCfgJsonContent serializes a ~/.docker/config.json file
+func handleDockerCfgJsonContent(username, password, email, server string) ([]byte, error) {
 	dockercfgAuth := credentialprovider.DockerConfigEntry{
 		Username: username,
 		Password: password,
 		Email:    email,
 	}
 
-	dockerCfg := credentialprovider.DockerConfigJson{
+	dockerCfgJson := credentialprovider.DockerConfigJson{
 		Auths: map[string]credentialprovider.DockerConfigEntry{server: dockercfgAuth},
 	}
 
-	return json.Marshal(dockerCfg)
+	return json.Marshal(dockerCfgJson)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/secret_for_docker_registry_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/secret_for_docker_registry_test.go
index 66d1ec12feb..844acc3bccc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/secret_for_docker_registry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/secret_for_docker_registry_test.go
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ import (
 
 func TestSecretForDockerRegistryGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 	username, password, email, server := "test-user", "test-password", "test-user@example.org", "https://index.docker.io/v1/"
-	secretData, err := handleDockercfgContent(username, password, email, server)
+	secretData, err := handleDockerCfgJsonContent(username, password, email, server)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-	secretDataNoEmail, err := handleDockercfgContent(username, password, "", server)
+	secretDataNoEmail, err := handleDockerCfgJsonContent(username, password, "", server)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ func TestSecretForDockerRegistryGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 					Name: "foo",
 				},
 				Data: map[string][]byte{
-					v1.DockerConfigKey: secretData,
+					v1.DockerConfigJsonKey: secretData,
 				},
-				Type: v1.SecretTypeDockercfg,
+				Type: v1.SecretTypeDockerConfigJson,
 			},
 			expectErr: false,
 		},
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ func TestSecretForDockerRegistryGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: &v1.Secret{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name: "foo-94759gc65b",
+					Name: "foo-548cm7fgdh",
 				},
 				Data: map[string][]byte{
-					v1.DockerConfigKey: secretData,
+					v1.DockerConfigJsonKey: secretData,
 				},
-				Type: v1.SecretTypeDockercfg,
+				Type: v1.SecretTypeDockerConfigJson,
 			},
 			expectErr: false,
 		},
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ func TestSecretForDockerRegistryGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 					Name: "foo",
 				},
 				Data: map[string][]byte{
-					v1.DockerConfigKey: secretDataNoEmail,
+					v1.DockerConfigJsonKey: secretDataNoEmail,
 				},
-				Type: v1.SecretTypeDockercfg,
+				Type: v1.SecretTypeDockerConfigJson,
 			},
 			expectErr: false,
 		},