diff --git a/content/docs/setup/kubernetes/helm-install/index.md b/content/docs/setup/kubernetes/helm-install/index.md
index 8bfc44e2db..b396d4fc58 100644
--- a/content/docs/setup/kubernetes/helm-install/index.md
+++ b/content/docs/setup/kubernetes/helm-install/index.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ plane and the sidecars for the Istio data plane.
 via `kubectl apply`, and wait a few seconds for the CRDs to be committed in the kube-apiserver:
 
     {{< text bash >}}
-    $ kubectl apply -f install/kubernetes/helm/istio/templates/crds.yaml -n istio-system
+    $ kubectl apply -f install/kubernetes/helm/istio/templates/crds.yaml
     {{< /text >}}
 
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