diff --git a/docs/yaml/generate.go b/docs/yaml/generate.go
index ff451c1920..f3d8d42dcb 100644
--- a/docs/yaml/generate.go
+++ b/docs/yaml/generate.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ func loadLongDescription(parentCmd *cobra.Command, path string) error {
 		}
 		mdFile := strings.ReplaceAll(name, " ", "_") + ".md"
 		fullPath := filepath.Join(path, mdFile)
-		content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fullPath)
+		content, err := os.ReadFile(fullPath)
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			log.Printf("WARN: %s does not exist, skipping\n", mdFile)
 			continue