diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/file.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/file.go
index 2d37af6b659..421d19fa992 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/file.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/file.go
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ func (s *sourceFile) extractFromFile(filename string) (pod *v1.Pod, err error) {
 		return pod, nil
 	}
 
-	return pod, fmt.Errorf("%v: read '%v', but couldn't parse as pod(%v).\n",
-		filename, string(data), podErr)
+	return pod, fmt.Errorf("%v: couldn't parse as pod(%v), please check config file.\n", filename, podErr)
 }
 
 func (s *sourceFile) replaceStore(pods ...*v1.Pod) (err error) {