diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/kubeadm-init.md b/content/en/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/kubeadm-init.md
index 31dbda310a..5c74cce7f1 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/kubeadm-init.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/kubeadm-init.md
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ to download the certificates when additional control-plane nodes are joining, by
 The following phase command can be used to re-upload the certificates after expiration:
 
 ```
-kubeadm init phase upload-certs --upload-certs --certificate-key=SOME_VALUE
+kubeadm init phase upload-certs --upload-certs --certificate-key=SOME_VALUE --config=SOME_YAML_FILE
 ```
 
 If the flag `--certificate-key` is not passed to `kubeadm init` and