diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/config_flags.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/config_flags.go
index 10355012b6a..e43b780ac2d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/config_flags.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/config_flags.go
@@ -268,9 +268,6 @@ func (f *ConfigFlags) toDiscoveryClient() (discovery.CachedDiscoveryInterface, e
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// The more groups you have, the more discovery requests you need to make.
-	// given 25 groups (our groups + a few custom resources) with one-ish version each, discovery needs to make 50 requests
-	// double it just so we don't end up here again for a while.  This config is only used for discovery.
 	config.Burst = f.discoveryBurst
 
 	cacheDir := defaultCacheDir
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cmd.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cmd.go
index d75eda9e18e..5347e6a19bc 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func NewKubectlCommand(o KubectlOptions) *cobra.Command {
 
 	kubeConfigFlags := o.ConfigFlags
 	if kubeConfigFlags == nil {
-		kubeConfigFlags = genericclioptions.NewConfigFlags(true).WithDeprecatedPasswordFlag()
+		kubeConfigFlags = genericclioptions.NewConfigFlags(true).WithDeprecatedPasswordFlag().WithDiscoveryBurst(300)
 	}
 	kubeConfigFlags.AddFlags(flags)
 	matchVersionKubeConfigFlags := cmdutil.NewMatchVersionFlags(kubeConfigFlags)