diff --git a/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/encrypt-data.md b/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/encrypt-data.md
index d7644e0f77..171eae0075 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/encrypt-data.md
+++ b/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/encrypt-data.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ program to retrieve the contents of your secret.
 4. Verify the secret is correctly decrypted when retrieved via the API:
 
     ```
-    kubectl describe secret generic -n default
+    kubectl describe secret secret1 -n default
     ```
 
     should match `mykey: mydata`