diff --git a/docs/deploy/index.md b/docs/deploy/index.md
index 0036889f5..507ddbb9f 100644
--- a/docs/deploy/index.md
+++ b/docs/deploy/index.md
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ 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 $POD_NAMESPACE -l app.kubernetes.io/name=ingress-nginx -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
+POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -n $POD_NAMESPACE -l app.kubernetes.io/name=ingress-nginx --field-selector=status.phase=Running -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
 
 kubectl exec -it $POD_NAME -n $POD_NAMESPACE -- /nginx-ingress-controller --version
 ```