diff --git a/manifests/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator.yaml b/manifests/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator.yaml
index dbdd32bf..8be3b967 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
        - name: prometheus-operator
          image: quay.io/coreos/prometheus-operator:v0.8.2
          args:
-         - "--kubelet-object=kube-system/kubelet"
+         - "--kubelet-service=kube-system/kubelet"
          - "--config-reloader-image=quay.io/coreos/configmap-reload:v0.0.1"
          resources:
            requests: