diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/get/get.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/get/get.go
index 0db7cb75436..a1bc13cb1a5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/get/get.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/get/get.go
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ var (
 
 		Prints a table of the most important information about the specified resources.
 		You can filter the list using a label selector and the --selector flag. If the
-		desired resource type is namespaced you will only see results in other namespaces
-		by passing --namespace(for specific namespace) or --all-namespaces.
+		desired resource type is namespaced you will only see results in the current
+		namespace if you don't specify any namespace.
 
 		By specifying the output as 'template' and providing a Go template as the value
 		of the --template flag, you can filter the attributes of the fetched resources.`))