diff --git a/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml b/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml
index 1bbfbee7a7..22618b1bcd 100644
--- a/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml
+++ b/shell/assets/translations/en-us.yaml
@@ -7125,7 +7125,7 @@ podAffinity:
 keyValue:
   keyPlaceholder: e.g. foo
   valuePlaceholder: e.g. bar
-  protip: 'Paste lines of <em>key=value</em> or <em>key: value</em> into any key field for easy bulk entry'
+  protip: 'Paste lines of <em>key=value</em> or <em>key:value</em> into any key field for easy bulk entry'
 
 registryMirror:
   header: Mirrors
diff --git a/shell/assets/translations/zh-hans.yaml b/shell/assets/translations/zh-hans.yaml
index 1bb21d35ee..bfeffcf7f0 100644
--- a/shell/assets/translations/zh-hans.yaml
+++ b/shell/assets/translations/zh-hans.yaml
@@ -6953,7 +6953,7 @@ podAffinity:
 keyValue:
   keyPlaceholder: 例如：foo
   valuePlaceholder: 例如：bar
-  protip: '把多行 <em>key=value</em> 或 <em>key: value</em> 键值对复制到各字段中，以便批量输入'
+  protip: '把多行 <em>key=value</em> 或 <em>key:value</em> 键值对复制到各字段中，以便批量输入'
 
 registryMirror:
   header: Mirror
diff --git a/shell/components/form/KeyValue.vue b/shell/components/form/KeyValue.vue
index f818bc38eb..954bbf6f2d 100644
--- a/shell/components/form/KeyValue.vue
+++ b/shell/components/form/KeyValue.vue
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export default {
     },
     parserSeparators: {
       type:    Array,
-      default: () => [': ', '='],
+      default: () => [':', '='],
     },
     loading: {
       default: false,
@@ -515,14 +515,14 @@ export default {
 
       this.$emit('input', out);
     },
-    onPaste(index, event, pastedValue) {
+    onPaste(index, event) {
       const text = event.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
       const lines = text.split('\n');
       const splits = lines.map((line) => {
-        const splitter = !line.includes(':') || ((line.indexOf('=') < line.indexOf(':')) && line.includes(':')) ? '=' : ':';
+        const splitter = this.parserSeparators.find((sep) => line.includes(sep));
 
-        return line.split(splitter);
-      });
+        return splitter ? line.split(splitter) : '';
+      }).filter((split) => split && split.length > 0);
 
       if (splits.length === 0 || (splits.length === 1 && splits[0].length < 2)) {
         return;