diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply_edit_last_applied.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply_edit_last_applied.go
index fcf4201d005..519737e0d2e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply_edit_last_applied.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/apply_edit_last_applied.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	gruntime "runtime"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ func NewCmdApplyEditLastApplied(f cmdutil.Factory, out, errOut io.Writer) *cobra
 	usage := "to use to edit the resource"
 	cmdutil.AddFilenameOptionFlags(cmd, &options.FilenameOptions, usage)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&options.Output, "output", "o", "yaml", "Output format. One of: yaml|json.")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&options.WindowsLineEndings, "windows-line-endings", gruntime.GOOS == "windows", "Use Windows line-endings (default Unix line-endings)")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&options.WindowsLineEndings, "windows-line-endings", runtime.GOOS == "windows",
+		"Defaults to the line ending native to your platform.")
 	cmdutil.AddRecordVarFlag(cmd, &options.Record)
 
 	return cmd
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go
index 7d942131b32..6e0c6c4e428 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	gruntime "runtime"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ func NewCmdCreate(f cmdutil.Factory, out, errOut io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	cmdutil.AddValidateFlags(cmd)
 	cmdutil.AddPrinterFlags(cmd)
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&options.EditBeforeCreate, "edit", false, "Edit the API resource before creating")
-	cmd.Flags().Bool("windows-line-endings", gruntime.GOOS == "windows", "Only relevant if --edit=true. Use Windows line-endings (default Unix line-endings)")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("windows-line-endings", runtime.GOOS == "windows",
+		"Only relevant if --edit=true. Defaults to the line ending native to your platform.")
 	cmdutil.AddApplyAnnotationFlags(cmd)
 	cmdutil.AddRecordFlag(cmd)
 	cmdutil.AddDryRunFlag(cmd)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/edit.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/edit.go
index fecb026fa30..64270828e1d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/edit.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/edit.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	gruntime "runtime"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ func NewCmdEdit(f cmdutil.Factory, out, errOut io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	cmdutil.AddValidateOptionFlags(cmd, &options.ValidateOptions)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&options.Output, "output", "o", "yaml", "Output format. One of: yaml|json.")
 
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&options.WindowsLineEndings, "windows-line-endings", gruntime.GOOS == "windows", "Use Windows line-endings (default Unix line-endings)")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&options.WindowsLineEndings, "windows-line-endings", runtime.GOOS == "windows",
+		"Defaults to the line ending native to your platform.")
+
 	cmdutil.AddApplyAnnotationVarFlags(cmd, &options.ApplyAnnotation)
 	cmdutil.AddRecordVarFlag(cmd, &options.Record)
 	cmdutil.AddInclude3rdPartyVarFlags(cmd, &options.Include3rdParty)