diff --git a/pkg/ctl/create/cluster.go b/pkg/ctl/create/cluster.go
index 5e2602ab49..52d319eadd 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/create/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/create/cluster.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func createClusterCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	fs.StringVar(&ng.SSHPublicKeyPath, "ssh-public-key", defaultSSHPublicKey, "SSH public key to use for nodes (import from local path, or use existing EC2 key pair)")
 
 	fs.BoolVar(&writeKubeconfig, "write-kubeconfig", true, "toggle writing of kubeconfig")
-	fs.BoolVar(&autoKubeconfigPath, "auto-kubeconfig", false, fmt.Sprintf("save kubconfig file by cluster name, e.g. %q", kubeconfig.AutoPath(exampleClusterName)))
+	fs.BoolVar(&autoKubeconfigPath, "auto-kubeconfig", false, fmt.Sprintf("save kubeconfig file by cluster name, e.g. %q", kubeconfig.AutoPath(exampleClusterName)))
 	fs.StringVar(&kubeconfigPath, "kubeconfig", kubeconfig.DefaultPath, "path to write kubeconfig (incompatible with --auto-kubeconfig)")
 	fs.BoolVar(&setContext, "set-kubeconfig-context", true, "if true then current-context will be set in kubeconfig; if a context is already set then it will be overwritten")
 
diff --git a/pkg/ctl/utils/write_kubeconfig.go b/pkg/ctl/utils/write_kubeconfig.go
index b992ec154b..f2a47540fc 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/utils/write_kubeconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/utils/write_kubeconfig.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func writeKubeconfigCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	fs.StringVarP(&cfg.Region, "region", "r", "", "AWS region")
 	fs.StringVarP(&cfg.Profile, "profile", "p", "", "AWS credentials profile to use (overrides the AWS_PROFILE environment variable)")
 
-	fs.BoolVar(&utilsAutoKubeconfigPath, "auto-kubeconfig", false, fmt.Sprintf("save kubconfig file by cluster name – %q", kubeconfig.AutoPath("<name>")))
+	fs.BoolVar(&utilsAutoKubeconfigPath, "auto-kubeconfig", false, fmt.Sprintf("save kubeconfig file by cluster name – %q", kubeconfig.AutoPath("<name>")))
 	fs.StringVar(&utilsKubeconfigOutputPath, "kubeconfig", kubeconfig.DefaultPath, "path to write kubeconfig")
 	fs.BoolVar(&utilsSetContext, "set-kubeconfig-context", true, "if true then current-context will be set in kubeconfig; if a context is already set then it will be overwritten")