diff --git a/docs/admin/high-availability/kube-controller-manager.yaml b/docs/admin/high-availability/kube-controller-manager.yaml
index 736181fc7c..0ecbebb276 100644
--- a/docs/admin/high-availability/kube-controller-manager.yaml
+++ b/docs/admin/high-availability/kube-controller-manager.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ spec:
     - -c
     - /usr/local/bin/kube-controller-manager --master=127.0.0.1:8080 --cluster-name=e2e-test-bburns
       --cluster-cidr=10.245.0.0/16 --allocate-node-cidrs=true --cloud-provider=gce  --service-account-private-key-file=/srv/kubernetes/server.key
-      --v=2 1>>/var/log/kube-controller-manager.log 2>&1
+      --v=2 --leader-elect=true 1>>/var/log/kube-controller-manager.log 2>&1
     image: gcr.io/google_containers/kube-controller-manager:fda24638d51a48baa13c35337fcd4793
     livenessProbe:
       httpGet: