diff --git a/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_kubernetes.md b/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_kubernetes.md
index 47c61a5b2288..8accf7d19909 100644
--- a/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_kubernetes.md
+++ b/docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_kubernetes.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ trivy kubernetes [flags] { cluster | all | specific resources like kubectl. eg:
       --reset                             remove all caches and database
       --reset-policy-bundle               remove policy bundle
       --sbom-sources strings              [EXPERIMENTAL] try to retrieve SBOM from the specified sources (oci,rekor)
-      --scanners string                   comma-separated list of what security issues to detect (vuln,config,secret,license) (default "vuln,config,secret,rbac")
+      --scanners strings                  comma-separated list of what security issues to detect (vuln,config,secret,rbac) (default [vuln,config,secret,rbac])
       --secret-config string              specify a path to config file for secret scanning (default "trivy-secret.yaml")
   -s, --severity strings                  severities of security issues to be displayed (UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL) (default [UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL])
       --skip-db-update                    skip updating vulnerability database
diff --git a/pkg/commands/app.go b/pkg/commands/app.go
index 36dc8be3d38a..c01d76b80896 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/app.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/app.go
@@ -862,13 +862,14 @@ func NewModuleCommand(globalFlags *flag.GlobalFlagGroup) *cobra.Command {
 func NewKubernetesCommand(globalFlags *flag.GlobalFlagGroup) *cobra.Command {
 	scanFlags := flag.NewScanFlagGroup()
 	scanners := flag.ScannersFlag
-	scanners.Default = fmt.Sprintf( // overwrite the default value
-		"%s,%s,%s,%s",
+	// overwrite the default scanners
+	scanners.Values = xstrings.ToStringSlice(types.Scanners{
 		types.VulnerabilityScanner,
 		types.MisconfigScanner,
 		types.SecretScanner,
 		types.RBACScanner,
-	)
+	})
+	scanners.Default = scanners.Values
 	scanFlags.Scanners = &scanners
 	scanFlags.IncludeDevDeps = nil // disable '--include-dev-deps'