diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/annotate/annotate.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/annotate/annotate.go
index b5fa7d9638c..bc5322b5a86 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/annotate/annotate.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/annotate/annotate.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ type AnnotateFlags struct {
 // NewAnnotateFlags returns a default AnnotateFlags
 func NewAnnotateFlags(streams genericiooptions.IOStreams) *AnnotateFlags {
 	return &AnnotateFlags{
-		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("annotate").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
+		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("annotated").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 		IOStreams:   streams,
 	}