diff --git a/website/content/docs/api-gateway/usage/basic-usage.mdx b/website/content/docs/api-gateway/usage/basic-usage.mdx
index 9333df213..92e7829c7 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/api-gateway/usage/basic-usage.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/api-gateway/usage/basic-usage.mdx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ description:  >-
 1. Issue the `kubectl apply` command to implement the configurations, e.g.:
 
 ```shell-session
-$ kubectl apply -f gateway.yaml routes.yaml
+$ kubectl apply --filename gateway.yaml routes.yaml
    ```
 
 <!--- Commented out per https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/11951/files#r791204596