diff --git a/docs/source/serving/deploying_with_k8s.md b/docs/source/serving/deploying_with_k8s.md
index 77f848088ea43..5f9b0e4f55ecc 100644
--- a/docs/source/serving/deploying_with_k8s.md
+++ b/docs/source/serving/deploying_with_k8s.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ metadata:
   name: hf-token-secret
   namespace: default
 type: Opaque
-data:
+stringData:
   token: "REPLACE_WITH_TOKEN"
 ```