diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/plugins/examples/aging/aging.rb b/pkg/kubectl/plugins/examples/aging/aging.rb
index ed9a87fffc6..3a60e94c431 100755
--- a/pkg/kubectl/plugins/examples/aging/aging.rb
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/plugins/examples/aging/aging.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class Numeric
   end
 end
 
-pods_json = `kubectl get pods -o json`
+namespace = ENV['KUBECTL_PLUGINS_CURRENT_NAMESPACE'] || 'default'
+pods_json = `kubectl --namespace #{namespace} get pods -o json`
 pods_parsed = JSON.parse(pods_json)
 
 puts "The Magnificent Aging Plugin."
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/plugins/examples/aging/plugin.yaml b/pkg/kubectl/plugins/examples/aging/plugin.yaml
index 07dc2022a68..87275dc095b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/plugins/examples/aging/plugin.yaml
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/plugins/examples/aging/plugin.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,4 @@ name: "aging"
 shortDesc: "Aging shows pods by age"
 longDesc: >
   Aging shows pods from the current namespace by age.
-  Once we have plugin support for global flags through 
-  env vars (planned for V1) we'll be able to switch
-  between namespaces using the --namespace flag.
 command: ./aging.rb