diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/kubectl/_index.md b/content/en/docs/reference/kubectl/_index.md
index 1396981bfd06d..4924dde922d41 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/reference/kubectl/_index.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/kubectl/_index.md
@@ -270,9 +270,10 @@ Output format | Description
 `-o json`     | Output a JSON formatted API object.
 `-o jsonpath=<template>` | Print the fields defined in a [jsonpath](/docs/reference/kubectl/jsonpath/) expression.
 `-o jsonpath-file=<filename>` | Print the fields defined by the [jsonpath](/docs/reference/kubectl/jsonpath/) expression in the `<filename>` file.
+`-o kyaml`    | Output a KYAML formatted API object (alpha, requires environment variable `KUBECTL_KYAML="true"`).
 `-o name`     | Print only the resource name and nothing else.
 `-o wide`     | Output in the plain-text format with any additional information. For pods, the node name is included.
-`-o yaml`     | Output a YAML formatted API object.
+`-o yaml`     | Output a YAML formatted API object. KYAML is an experimental Kubernetes-specific dialect of YAML, and can be parsed as YAML.
 
 ##### Example
 
@@ -586,4 +587,4 @@ Current user: plugins-user
 * Learn about [`kubectl` usage conventions](/docs/reference/kubectl/conventions/)
 * Read about [JSONPath support](/docs/reference/kubectl/jsonpath/) in kubectl
 * Read about how to [extend kubectl with plugins](/docs/tasks/extend-kubectl/kubectl-plugins)
-  * To find out more about plugins, take a look at the [example CLI plugin](https://github.com/kubernetes/sample-cli-plugin).
+  * To find out more about plugins, take a look at the [example CLI plugin](https://github.com/kubernetes/sample-cli-plugin).
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diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/kubectl/quick-reference.md b/content/en/docs/reference/kubectl/quick-reference.md
index 43df826c323ff..6a76ddb174dcb 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/reference/kubectl/quick-reference.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/kubectl/quick-reference.md
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ Output format | Description
 `-o=json`     | Output a JSON formatted API object
 `-o=jsonpath=<template>` | Print the fields defined in a [jsonpath](/docs/reference/kubectl/jsonpath) expression
 `-o=jsonpath-file=<filename>` | Print the fields defined by the [jsonpath](/docs/reference/kubectl/jsonpath) expression in the `<filename>` file
+`-o=kyaml`    | Output a KYAML formatted API object (alpha, requires environment variable `KUBECTL_KYAML="true"`). KYAML is an experimental Kubernetes-specific dialect of YAML, and can be parsed as YAML.
 `-o=name`     | Print only the resource name and nothing else
 `-o=wide`     | Output in the plain-text format with any additional information, and for pods, the node name is included
 `-o=yaml`     | Output a YAML formatted API object
@@ -510,4 +511,4 @@ Verbosity | Description
 
 * Also read [kubectl Usage Conventions](/docs/reference/kubectl/conventions/) to understand how to use kubectl in reusable scripts.
 
-* See more community [kubectl cheatsheets](https://github.com/dennyzhang/cheatsheet-kubernetes-A4).
+* See more community [kubectl cheatsheets](https://github.com/dennyzhang/cheatsheet-kubernetes-A4).
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