diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/access-cluster.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/access-cluster.md
index 661d66eea9..ab66dc7ec4 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/access-cluster.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/access-cluster.md
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ $ curl http://localhost:8080/api/
 
 ### Without kubectl proxy
 
-In Kubernetes version 1.3 or later, `kubectl config view` no longer displays the token. Use `kubectl describe secret...` to get the token for the default service account, like this:
+Use `kubectl describe secret...` to get the token for the default service account:
 
 ```shell
-$ APISERVER=$(kubectl config view | grep server | cut -f 2- -d ":" | tr -d " ")
-$ TOKEN=$(kubectl describe secret $(kubectl get secrets | grep default | cut -f1 -d ' ') | grep -E '^token' | cut -f2 -d':' | tr -d '\t')
+$ APISERVER=$(kubectl config view --minify | grep server | cut -f 2- -d ":" | tr -d " ")
+$ TOKEN=$(kubectl describe secret $(kubectl get secrets | grep ^default | cut -f1 -d ' ') | grep -E '^token' | cut -f2 -d':' | tr -d " ")
 $ curl $APISERVER/api --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" --insecure
 {
   "kind": "APIVersions",