diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/cani.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/cani.go
index 44891867401..e04ae79da53 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/cani.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth/cani.go
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ var (
 		# Check to see if I can list deployments in my current namespace
 		kubectl auth can-i list deployments.extensions
 
+		# Check to see if I can do everything in my current namespace ("*" means all)
+		kubectl auth can-i '*' '*'
+
 		# Check to see if I can get the job named "bar" in namespace "foo"
 		kubectl auth can-i list jobs.batch/bar -n foo`)
 )