diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account.md
index 4065738187..5c42fccd74 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account.md
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ myregistrykey    kubernetes.io/.dockerconfigjson   1       1d
 Next, modify the default service account for the namespace to use this secret as an imagePullSecret.
 
 ```shell
-kubectl patch serviceaccount default -p '{\"imagePullSecrets\": [{\"name\": \"myregistrykey\"}]}'
+kubectl patch serviceaccount default -p '{"imagePullSecrets": [{"name": "myregistrykey"}]}'
 ```
 
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