diff --git a/admin/access-control/password-reset.md b/admin/access-control/password-reset.md
index 5b9de1d53..4de90d4d7 100644
--- a/admin/access-control/password-reset.md
+++ b/admin/access-control/password-reset.md
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ If you need to reset the password for a site admin, you can do so using coderd's
 To reset the password, run the following in the terminal:
 
 ```console
+# point to the coder namespace
+kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=coder
+
 # get any coderd pod
 kubectl get pods | grep coderd- | awk '{print $1}' | head -n1