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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ If this fails with an "invalid command" error, you're likely using an older vers
 
 Also, note that label keys must be in the form of DNS labels (as described in the [identifiers doc](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/{{page.githubbranch}}/docs/design/identifiers.md)), meaning that they are not allowed to contain any upper-case letters.
 
-You can verify that it worked by re-running `kubectl get nodes` and checking that the node now has a label.
+You can verify that it worked by re-running `kubectl get nodes --show-labels` and checking that the node now has a label.
 
 ### Step Two: Add a nodeSelector field to your pod configuration