diff --git a/content/en/docs/setup/production-environment/tools/kubeadm/troubleshooting-kubeadm.md b/content/en/docs/setup/production-environment/tools/kubeadm/troubleshooting-kubeadm.md
index 067b3ddad83bb..2f51d5efd7469 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/setup/production-environment/tools/kubeadm/troubleshooting-kubeadm.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/setup/production-environment/tools/kubeadm/troubleshooting-kubeadm.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Unable to connect to the server: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority (
 
 - Verify that the `$HOME/.kube/config` file contains a valid certificate, and
   regenerate a certificate if necessary. The certificates in a kubeconfig file
-  are base64 encoded. The `base64 -d` command can be used to decode the certificate
+  are base64 encoded. The `base64 --decode` command can be used to decode the certificate
   and `openssl x509 -text -noout` can be used for viewing the certificate information.
 - Unset the `KUBECONFIG` environment variable using:
 
diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/access-cluster-api.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/access-cluster-api.md
index a85f0b14a2247..38c87eb582af6 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/access-cluster-api.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/access-cluster-api.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export CLUSTER_NAME="some_server_name"
 APISERVER=$(kubectl config view -o jsonpath="{.clusters[?(@.name==\"$CLUSTER_NAME\")].cluster.server}")
 
 # Gets the token value
-TOKEN=$(kubectl get secrets -o jsonpath="{.items[?(@.metadata.annotations['kubernetes\.io/service-account\.name']=='default')].data.token}"|base64 -d)
+TOKEN=$(kubectl get secrets -o jsonpath="{.items[?(@.metadata.annotations['kubernetes\.io/service-account\.name']=='default')].data.token}"|base64 --decode)
 
 # Explore the API with TOKEN
 curl -X GET $APISERVER/api --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" --insecure