diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/uploadconfig.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/uploadconfig.go
index c9338f18990..5b04e18192b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/uploadconfig.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/init/uploadconfig.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var (
 
 	uploadKubeadmConfigExample = cmdutil.Examples(`
 		# upload the configuration of your cluster
-		kubeadm init phase upload-config --config=myConfig.yaml
+		kubeadm init phase upload-config kubeadm --config=myConfig.yaml
 		`)
 
 	uploadKubeletConfigLongDesc = cmdutil.LongDesc(`