diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl.md
index c0e5eb3704..73a2de1d11 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl.md
@@ -26,13 +26,12 @@ Here are a few methods to install kubectl.
 
 {{< tabs name="kubectl_install" >}}
 {{< tab name="Ubuntu, Debian or HypriotOS" codelang="bash" >}}
-apt-get update && apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
-curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | apt-key add -
-cat <<EOF >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
-deb http://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main
-EOF
-apt-get update
-apt-get install -y kubectl
+sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
+curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
+sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list 
+echo "deb http://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y kubectl
 {{< /tab >}}
 {{< tab name="CentOS, RHEL or Fedora" codelang="bash" >}}cat <<EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 [kubernetes]