diff --git a/cmd/kops/edit_cluster.go b/cmd/kops/edit_cluster.go
index 09f1518ea087b..f3d906bd4cd39 100644
--- a/cmd/kops/edit_cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/kops/edit_cluster.go
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ var (
 	editClusterExample = templates.Examples(i18n.T(`
 	# Edit a cluster configuration in AWS.
 	kops edit cluster k8s.cluster.site --state=s3://my-state-store
+
+	# Set cluster spec values.
+	kops edit cluster testcluster.k8s.local --set spec.kubernetesVersion=1.28.4
 	`))
 )
 
diff --git a/docs/cli/kops_edit_cluster.md b/docs/cli/kops_edit_cluster.md
index d62c71865fe71..06f5e25289f3b 100644
--- a/docs/cli/kops_edit_cluster.md
+++ b/docs/cli/kops_edit_cluster.md
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ kops edit cluster [CLUSTER] [flags]
 ```
   # Edit a cluster configuration in AWS.
   kops edit cluster k8s.cluster.site --state=s3://my-state-store
+  
+  # Set cluster spec values.
+  kops edit cluster testcluster.k8s.local --set spec.kubernetesVersion=1.28.4
 ```
 
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