diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/configmap-secret/managing-secret-using-config-file.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/configmap-secret/managing-secret-using-config-file.md
index 9a98c4c79f..fd7c5d5cec 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/configmap-secret/managing-secret-using-config-file.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/configmap-secret/managing-secret-using-config-file.md
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ The following example stores two strings in a Secret using the `data` field.
    secret/mysecret created
    ```
 
+To verify that the Secret was created and to decode the Secret data, refer to
+[Managing Secrets using kubectl](/docs/tasks/configmap-secret/managing-secret-using-kubectl/#verify-the-secret).
+
 For certain scenarios, you may wish to use the `stringData` field instead. This
 field allows you to put a non-base64 encoded string directly into the Secret,
 and the string will be encoded for you when the Secret is created or updated.
@@ -102,6 +105,8 @@ stringData:
     username: <user>
     password: <password>
 ```
+When you retrieve the Secret data, the command returns the encoded values,
+and not the plaintext values you provided in `stringData`.
 
 Create the Secret using [`kubectl apply`](/docs/reference/generated/kubectl/kubectl-commands#apply):
 
diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/configmap-secret/managing-secret-using-kubectl.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/configmap-secret/managing-secret-using-kubectl.md
index 7e607b9b79..086d44eed8 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/configmap-secret/managing-secret-using-kubectl.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/configmap-secret/managing-secret-using-kubectl.md
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ username:    5 bytes
 
 The commands `kubectl get` and `kubectl describe` avoid showing the contents
 of a `Secret` by default. This is to protect the `Secret` from being exposed
-accidentally, or from being stored in a terminal log.
+accidentally, or from being stored in a terminal log. To check the actual content of the encoded data, please refer to [Decoding the Secret](#decoding-secret).
 
 ## Decoding the Secret  {#decoding-secret}