diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/apply.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/apply.go
index ba6058d5f8d..f0375b42791 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/apply.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/upgrade/apply.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func newApplyData(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, applyFlags *applyFlags) (*a
 	if err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			_, _ = printer.Printf("[upgrade] In order to upgrade, a ConfigMap called %q in the %q namespace must exist.\n", constants.KubeadmConfigConfigMap, metav1.NamespaceSystem)
-			_, _ = printer.Printf("[upgrade] Use 'kubeadm init phase upload-config --config your-config.yaml' to re-upload it.\n")
+			_, _ = printer.Printf("[upgrade/config] Use 'kubeadm init phase upload-config kubeadm --config your-config-file' to re-upload it.\n")
 			err = errors.Errorf("the ConfigMap %q in the %q namespace was not found", constants.KubeadmConfigConfigMap, metav1.NamespaceSystem)
 		}
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "[upgrade] FATAL")
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go
index 4547da040ee..4219b6b71ae 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/cluster.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func FetchInitConfigurationFromCluster(client clientset.Interface, printer outpu
 	}
 	_, _ = printer.Printf("[%s] Reading configuration from the %q ConfigMap in namespace %q...\n",
 		logPrefix, constants.KubeadmConfigConfigMap, metav1.NamespaceSystem)
-	_, _ = printer.Printf("[%s] Use 'kubeadm init phase upload-config --config your-config-file' to re-upload it.\n", logPrefix)
+	_, _ = printer.Printf("[%s] Use 'kubeadm init phase upload-config kubeadm --config your-config-file' to re-upload it.\n", logPrefix)
 
 	// Fetch the actual config from cluster
 	cfg, err := getInitConfigurationFromCluster(constants.KubernetesDir, client, newControlPlane, skipComponentConfigs)