diff --git a/kubectl-minio/cmd/init.go b/kubectl-minio/cmd/init.go
index 6bc8d37fa40..eca740cec89 100644
--- a/kubectl-minio/cmd/init.go
+++ b/kubectl-minio/cmd/init.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func newInitCmd(out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f.StringVarP(&o.operatorOpts.Namespace, "namespace", "n", helpers.DefaultNamespace, "namespace scope for this request")
 	f.StringVarP(&o.operatorOpts.ClusterDomain, "cluster-domain", "d", helpers.DefaultClusterDomain, "cluster domain of the Kubernetes cluster")
 	f.StringVar(&o.operatorOpts.NSToWatch, "namespace-to-watch", "", "namespace where operator looks for MinIO tenants, leave empty for all namespaces")
-	f.StringVar(&o.operatorOpts.ImagePullSecret, "image-pull-secret", "", "image pull secret to be used for pulling operator image")
+	f.StringVar(&o.operatorOpts.ImagePullSecret, "image-pull-secret", "", "image pull secret to be used for pulling MinIO Operator")
 	f.StringVar(&o.operatorOpts.ConsoleImage, "console-image", "", "console image")
 	f.StringVar(&o.operatorOpts.TenantMinIOImage, "default-minio-image", "", "default tenant MinIO image")
 	f.StringVar(&o.operatorOpts.TenantConsoleImage, "default-console-image", "", "default tenant Console image")
diff --git a/kubectl-minio/cmd/tenant-create.go b/kubectl-minio/cmd/tenant-create.go
index 50e14ca6f2c..3248acd75ba 100644
--- a/kubectl-minio/cmd/tenant-create.go
+++ b/kubectl-minio/cmd/tenant-create.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func newTenantCreateCmd(out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f.StringVarP(&c.tenantOpts.NS, "namespace", "n", "", "k8s namespace for this MinIO tenant")
 	f.StringVarP(&c.tenantOpts.StorageClass, "storage-class", "s", helpers.DefaultStorageclass, "storage class for this MinIO tenant")
 	f.StringVarP(&c.tenantOpts.Image, "image", "i", helpers.DefaultTenantImage, "custom MinIO image for this tenant")
+	f.StringVarP(&c.tenantOpts.ImagePullSecret, "image-pull-secret", "", "", "image pull secret to be used for pulling MinIO")
 	f.BoolVar(&c.tenantOpts.DisableAntiAffinity, "enable-host-sharing", false, "[TESTING-ONLY] disable anti-affinity to allow pods to be co-located on a single node (unsupported in production environment)")
 	f.StringVar(&c.tenantOpts.KmsSecret, "kes-config", "", "name of secret for KES KMS setup, refer https://github.com/minio/operator/blob/master/examples/kes-secret.yaml")
 	f.BoolVarP(&c.output, "output", "o", false, "generate tenant yaml for 'kubectl apply -f tenant.yaml'")