diff --git a/cmd/bootkube/render.go b/cmd/bootkube/render.go
index f80416b22..5a72b0b97 100644
--- a/cmd/bootkube/render.go
+++ b/cmd/bootkube/render.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func init() {
 	cmdRender.Flags().StringVar(&renderOpts.etcdServers, "etcd-servers", "http://127.0.0.1:2379", "List of etcd servers URLs including host:port, comma separated")
 	cmdRender.Flags().StringVar(&renderOpts.apiServers, "api-servers", "https://127.0.0.1:443", "List of API server URLs including host:port, commma seprated")
 	cmdRender.Flags().StringVar(&renderOpts.altNames, "api-server-alt-names", "", "List of SANs to use in api-server certificate. Example: 'IP=127.0.0.1,IP=127.0.0.2,DNS=localhost'. If empty, SANs will be extracted from the --api-servers flag.")
-	cmdRender.Flags().BoolVar(&renderOpts.selfHostKubelet, "self-host-kubelet", true, "Set false to skip creation of and pivot to self-hosted kubelet.")
+	cmdRender.Flags().BoolVar(&renderOpts.selfHostKubelet, "self-host-kubelet", false, "Create a self-hosted kubelet daemonset.")
 }
 
 func runCmdRender(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {