diff --git a/docs/deploy/index.md b/docs/deploy/index.md
index 02da83572c..321d083cfd 100644
--- a/docs/deploy/index.md
+++ b/docs/deploy/index.md
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ To detect which version of the ingress controller is running, exec into the pod
 
 ```console
 POD_NAMESPACE=ingress-nginx
-POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -n $POD_NAMESPACE -l app=ingress-nginx -o jsonpath={.items[0].metadata.name})
+POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -n $POD_NAMESPACE -l app=ingress-nginx -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
 kubectl exec -it $POD_NAME -n $POD_NAMESPACE -- /nginx-ingress-controller --version
 ```
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ helm install stable/nginx-ingress --name my-nginx --set rbac.create=true
 Detect installed version:
 
 ```console
-POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -l app=nginx-ingress -o jsonpath={.items[0].metadata.name})
+POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -l app=nginx-ingress -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
 kubectl exec -it $POD_NAME -- /nginx-ingress-controller --version
 ```