diff --git a/content/en/docs/setup/additional-setup/cni/index.md b/content/en/docs/setup/additional-setup/cni/index.md
index 219fee116c..a8c5b0c812 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/setup/additional-setup/cni/index.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/setup/additional-setup/cni/index.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Refer to the [Customizable Install with `Istioctl`](/docs/setup/install/istioctl
 Use the following command to render and apply Istio CNI components and override the default configuration of the
 `logLevel` and `excludeNamespaces` parameters for `istio-cni`:
 
-Create a `IstioControlPlane` CR yaml locally with your override to install `istio`, e.g. `cni.yaml`
+Create a `IstioOperator` CR yaml locally with your override to install `istio`, e.g. `cni.yaml`
 
 {{< text yaml >}}
 apiVersion: install.istio.io/v1alpha1
@@ -147,11 +147,10 @@ cat <<'EOF' > cni-annotations.yaml
 apiVersion: install.istio.io/v1alpha1
 kind: IstioOperator
 spec:
-  cni:
-    enabled: true
-    components:
-      cni:
-        namespace: kube-system
+  components:
+    cni:
+      enabled: true
+      namespace: kube-system
   values:
     cni:
       chained: false