diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/certs.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/certs.go
index a84f1fe03a9..0d4635341b7 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/certs.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/certs.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ var (
 `)
 	generateCSRExample = cmdutil.Examples(`
 	# The following command will generate keys and CSRs for all control-plane certificates and kubeconfig files:
-	kubeadm alpha certs generate-csr --kubeconfig-dir /tmp/etc-k8s --cert-dir /tmp/etc-k8s/pki
+	kubeadm certs generate-csr --kubeconfig-dir /tmp/etc-k8s --cert-dir /tmp/etc-k8s/pki
 `)
 )