diff --git a/artifacts/agent/karmada-agent.yaml b/artifacts/agent/karmada-agent.yaml
index b1b4719b2..2e5d2c39f 100644
--- a/artifacts/agent/karmada-agent.yaml
+++ b/artifacts/agent/karmada-agent.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ spec:
           command:
             - /bin/karmada-agent
             - --karmada-kubeconfig=/etc/kubeconfig/karmada-kubeconfig
+            - --karmada-context=karmada-apiserver
             - --cluster-name={{member_cluster_name}}
             - --cluster-status-update-frequency=10s
             - --v=4
diff --git a/cmd/agent/app/agent.go b/cmd/agent/app/agent.go
index cd9043818..4f4067962 100644
--- a/cmd/agent/app/agent.go
+++ b/cmd/agent/app/agent.go
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ import (
 // NewAgentCommand creates a *cobra.Command object with default parameters
 func NewAgentCommand(ctx context.Context) *cobra.Command {
 	opts := options.NewOptions()
+	karmadaConfig := karmadactl.NewKarmadaConfig(clientcmd.NewDefaultPathOptions())
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:  "karmada-agent",
 		Long: `The karmada agent runs the cluster registration agent`,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			if err := run(ctx, opts); err != nil {
+			if err := run(ctx, karmadaConfig, opts); err != nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ func NewAgentCommand(ctx context.Context) *cobra.Command {
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func run(ctx context.Context, opts *options.Options) error {
-	controlPlaneRestConfig, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", opts.KarmadaKubeConfig)
+func run(ctx context.Context, karmadaConfig karmadactl.KarmadaConfig, opts *options.Options) error {
+	controlPlaneRestConfig, err := karmadaConfig.GetRestConfig(opts.KarmadaContext, opts.KarmadaKubeConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error building kubeconfig of karmada control plane: %s", err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/agent/app/options/options.go b/cmd/agent/app/options/options.go
index 01f0b6b54..f5e5bc547 100644
--- a/cmd/agent/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/agent/app/options/options.go
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import (
 // Options contains everything necessary to create and run controller-manager.
 type Options struct {
 	KarmadaKubeConfig string
-	ClusterName       string
+	// ClusterContext is the name of the cluster context in control plane KUBECONFIG file.
+	// Default value is the current-context.
+	KarmadaContext string
+	ClusterName    string
 
 	// ClusterStatusUpdateFrequency is the frequency that karmada-agent computes cluster status.
 	// If cluster lease feature is not enabled, it is also the frequency that karmada-agent posts cluster status
@@ -30,7 +33,8 @@ func (o *Options) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	fs.StringVar(&o.KarmadaKubeConfig, "karmada-kubeconfig", o.KarmadaKubeConfig, "Path to karmada kubeconfig.")
+	fs.StringVar(&o.KarmadaKubeConfig, "karmada-kubeconfig", o.KarmadaKubeConfig, "Path to karmada control plane kubeconfig file.")
+	fs.StringVar(&o.KarmadaContext, "karmada-context", "", "Name of the cluster context in karmada control plane kubeconfig file.")
 	fs.StringVar(&o.ClusterName, "cluster-name", o.ClusterName, "Name of member cluster that the agent serves for.")
 	fs.DurationVar(&o.ClusterStatusUpdateFrequency.Duration, "cluster-status-update-frequency", 10*time.Second, "Specifies how often karmada-agent posts cluster status to karmada-apiserver. Note: be cautious when changing the constant, it must work with ClusterMonitorGracePeriod in karmada-controller-manager.")
 }
diff --git a/hack/deploy-karmada-agent.sh b/hack/deploy-karmada-agent.sh
index c94604cf6..b2552b4a8 100755
--- a/hack/deploy-karmada-agent.sh
+++ b/hack/deploy-karmada-agent.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ source ${REPO_ROOT}/hack/util.sh
 function usage() {
   echo "This script will deploy karmada agent to a cluster."
   echo "Usage: hack/deploy-karmada-agent.sh"
-  echo "Example: hack/deploy-karmada.sh"
+  echo "Example: hack/deploy-karmada-agent.sh"
 }
 
 export REGISTRY="swr.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/karmada"
diff --git a/pkg/karmadactl/options/global.go b/pkg/karmadactl/options/global.go
index a1866bfac..324fce42c 100644
--- a/pkg/karmadactl/options/global.go
+++ b/pkg/karmadactl/options/global.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ type GlobalCommandOptions struct {
 
 // AddFlags adds flags to the specified FlagSet.
 func (o *GlobalCommandOptions) AddFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
-	flags.StringVar(&o.KubeConfig, "kubeconfig", "", "Path to the control plane KUBECONFIG file.")
-	flags.StringVar(&o.KarmadaContext, "karmada-context", "", "Name of the cluster context in control plane KUBECONFIG file.")
+	flags.StringVar(&o.KubeConfig, "kubeconfig", "", "Path to the control plane kubeconfig file.")
+	flags.StringVar(&o.KarmadaContext, "karmada-context", "", "Name of the cluster context in control plane kubeconfig file.")
 	flags.StringVar(&o.ClusterNamespace, "cluster-namespace", DefaultKarmadaClusterNamespace, "Namespace in the control plane where member cluster are stored.")
 	flags.BoolVar(&o.DryRun, "dry-run", false, "Run the command in dry-run mode, without making any server requests.")
 }