diff --git a/daprdocs/content/en/operations/hosting/kubernetes/kubernetes-deploy.md b/daprdocs/content/en/operations/hosting/kubernetes/kubernetes-deploy.md
index d88ec29209d..5764b92b24f 100644
--- a/daprdocs/content/en/operations/hosting/kubernetes/kubernetes-deploy.md
+++ b/daprdocs/content/en/operations/hosting/kubernetes/kubernetes-deploy.md
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ To use Mariner-based images for Dapr, you need to add `-mariner` to your Docker
 In the Dapr CLI, you can switch to using Mariner-based images with the `--image-variant` flag.
 
 ```sh
-dapr init --image-variant mariner
+dapr init -k --image-variant mariner
 ```
 
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