diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/clustering/k8s/k8s.py b/lib/ansible/modules/clustering/k8s/k8s.py
index 999d8ba0a1..6c4616a27f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/clustering/k8s/k8s.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/clustering/k8s/k8s.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ author:
 description:
   - Use the OpenShift Python client to perform CRUD operations on K8s objects.
   - Pass the object definition from a source file or inline. See examples for reading
-    files and using Jinja templates.
+    files and using Jinja templates or vault-encrypted files.
   - Access to the full range of K8s APIs.
   - Use the M(k8s_facts) module to obtain a list of items about an object of type C(kind)
   - Authenticate using either a config file, certificates, password or token.
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     state: present
     src: /testing/deployment.yml
 
-- name: Read definition file from the Ansible controller file system
+- name: >-
+    Read definition file from the Ansible controller file system.
+    If the definition file has been encrypted with Ansible Vault it will automatically be decrypted.
   k8s:
     state: present
     definition: "{{ lookup('file', '/testing/deployment.yml') }}"
diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/k8s_resource_options.py b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/k8s_resource_options.py
index 833e6dd18f..25adb32db5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/k8s_resource_options.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/k8s_resource_options.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ options:
     - "Provide a path to a file containing a valid YAML definition of an object or objects to be created or updated. Mutually
       exclusive with I(resource_definition). NOTE: I(kind), I(api_version), I(name), and I(namespace) will be
       overwritten by corresponding values found in the configuration read in from the I(src) file."
-    - Reads from the local file system. To read from the Ansible controller's file system, use the file lookup
+    - Reads from the local file system. To read from the Ansible controller's file system, including vaulted files, use the file lookup
       plugin or template lookup plugin, combined with the from_yaml filter, and pass the result to
       I(resource_definition). See Examples below.
 '''