From 7ff239625bb909934d7d0723d935e6dad04a012a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Qiming Teng <tengqim@cn.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 15:14:16 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improve object management page by adding a hint

The current instruction doesn't work if one is using `generateName`
field when creating an object.
---
 .../manage-kubernetes-objects/imperative-config.md   | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/imperative-config.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/imperative-config.md
index a8faefd63e..2b97ed271c 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/imperative-config.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/imperative-config.md
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ configuration file.
 
 * `kubectl delete -f <filename|url>`
 
+{{< note >}}
+If configuration file has specified the `generateName` field in the `metadata`
+section instead of the `name` field, you cannot delete the object using
+`kubectl delete -f <filename|url>`.
+You will have to use other flags for deleting the object. For example:
+
+```shell
+kubectl delete <type> <name>
+kubectl delete <type> -l <label>
+```
+{{< /note >}}
+
 ## How to view an object
 
 You can use `kubectl get -f` to view information about an object that is