diff --git a/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_stop.md b/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_stop.md
index faccf6f828..57fa8e3b6e 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_stop.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_stop.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ $ kubectl stop -f path/to/resources
 ```
       --alsologtostderr[=false]: log to standard error as well as files
       --api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server
-      --certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
+      --certificate-authority="": Path to a cert file for the certificate authority.
       --client-certificate="": Path to a client certificate file for TLS.
       --client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
       --cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/overrides.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/overrides.go
index f18aa6a4ae..9ab8b65407 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/overrides.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/overrides.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func RecommendedClusterOverrideFlags(prefix string) ClusterOverrideFlags {
 	return ClusterOverrideFlags{
 		APIServer:             FlagInfo{prefix + FlagAPIServer, "", "", "The address and port of the Kubernetes API server"},
 		APIVersion:            FlagInfo{prefix + FlagAPIVersion, "", "", "DEPRECATED: The API version to use when talking to the server"},
-		CertificateAuthority:  FlagInfo{prefix + FlagCAFile, "", "", "Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority"},
+		CertificateAuthority:  FlagInfo{prefix + FlagCAFile, "", "", "Path to a cert file for the certificate authority"},
 		InsecureSkipTLSVerify: FlagInfo{prefix + FlagInsecure, "", "false", "If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure"},
 	}
 }