diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go
index e9a3a07d0c2..0dc9e35f056 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/completion.go
@@ -20,33 +20,36 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
 
+	"github.com/renstrom/dedent"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 )
 
-const (
-	completion_long = `Output shell completion code for the given shell (bash or zsh).
+var (
+	completion_long = dedent.Dedent(`
+		Output shell completion code for the given shell (bash or zsh).
 
-This command prints shell code which must be evaluation to provide interactive
-completion of kubectl commands.
-`
-	completion_example = `
-$ source <(kubectl completion bash)
+		This command prints shell code which must be evaluation to provide interactive
+		completion of kubectl commands.
+    `)
 
-will load the kubectl completion code for bash. Note that this depends on the
-bash-completion framework. It must be sourced before sourcing the kubectl
-completion, e.g. on the Mac:
+	completion_example = dedent.Dedent(`
+		$ source <(kubectl completion bash)
 
-$ brew install bash-completion
-$ source $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion
-$ source <(kubectl completion bash)
+		will load the kubectl completion code for bash. Note that this depends on the
+		bash-completion framework. It must be sourced before sourcing the kubectl
+		completion, e.g. on the Mac:
 
-If you use zsh*, the following will load kubectl zsh completion:
+		$ brew install bash-completion
+		$ source $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion
+		$ source <(kubectl completion bash)
 
-$ source <(kubectl completion zsh)
+		If you use zsh*, the following will load kubectl zsh completion:
 
-* zsh completions are only supported in versions of zsh >= 5.2`
+		$ source <(kubectl completion zsh)
+
+		* zsh completions are only supported in versions of zsh >= 5.2`)
 )
 
 var (