diff --git a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c
index b9ca2345813..1592377e504 100644
--- a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c
+++ b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ struct flb_kube *flb_kube_conf_create(struct flb_filter_instance *ins,
                                                 FLB_HASH_TABLE_SIZE);
     }
     
-    if (ctx->kube_meta_cache_ttl > 0) {
+    if (ctx->kube_meta_namespace_cache_ttl > 0) {
         ctx->namespace_hash_table = flb_hash_table_create_with_ttl(
                                             ctx->kube_meta_namespace_cache_ttl,
                                             FLB_HASH_TABLE_EVICT_OLDER,
diff --git a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c
index 85e15abd484..aee78f2df3e 100644
--- a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c
+++ b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c
@@ -1040,11 +1040,11 @@ static struct flb_config_map config_map[] = {
      "which have been created more than 60s will be evicted"
     },
     {
-     FLB_CONFIG_MAP_TIME, "kube_meta_namespace_cache_ttl", "900",
+     FLB_CONFIG_MAP_TIME, "kube_meta_namespace_cache_ttl", "15m",
      0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_kube, kube_meta_namespace_cache_ttl),
      "configurable TTL for K8s cached namespace metadata. " 
-     "By default, it is set to 900 and cached entries will be evicted after "
-     " 900s (15m). Setting this to 0 will disable the cache TTL and "
+     "By default, it is set to 15m and cached entries will be evicted after 15m."
+     "Setting this to 0 will disable the cache TTL and "
      "will evict entries once the cache reaches capacity."
     },
     /* EOF */