diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_deployment.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_deployment.go
index b7033d41f0e..b8fe848218c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_deployment.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func NewCmdCreateDeployment(f cmdutil.Factory, cmdOut, cmdErr io.Writer) *cobra.
 		Long:    deploymentLong,
 		Example: deploymentExample,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			err := CreateDeployment(f, cmdOut, cmdErr, cmd, args)
+			err := createDeployment(f, cmdOut, cmdErr, cmd, args)
 			cmdutil.CheckErr(err)
 		},
 	}
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ func NewCmdCreateDeployment(f cmdutil.Factory, cmdOut, cmdErr io.Writer) *cobra.
 	return cmd
 }
 
-// CreateDeployment implements the behavior to run the create deployment command
-func CreateDeployment(f cmdutil.Factory, cmdOut, cmdErr io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+func createDeployment(f cmdutil.Factory, cmdOut, cmdErr io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	name, err := NameFromCommandArgs(cmd, args)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_deployment_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_deployment_test.go
index 9dd6720b785..33fefd6a839 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_deployment_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create_deployment_test.go
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ func TestCreateDeploymentNoImage(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := NewCmdCreateDeployment(f, buf, buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("dry-run", "true")
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", "name")
-	err := CreateDeployment(f, buf, buf, cmd, []string{depName})
+	err := createDeployment(f, buf, buf, cmd, []string{depName})
 	assert.Error(t, err, "at least one image must be specified")
 }