diff --git a/examples/kubernetes-app/main.cue b/examples/kubernetes-app/main.cue
index c95f6c72..31247209 100644
--- a/examples/kubernetes-app/main.cue
+++ b/examples/kubernetes-app/main.cue
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ cluster: eks.#KubeConfig & {
 
 // Example of a simple `kubectl apply` using a simple config
 kubeApply: kubernetes.#Apply & {
-	sourceInline: yaml.Marshal(kubeSrc)
-	namespace:    "test"
-	kubeconfig:   cluster.kubeconfig
+	manifest:   yaml.Marshal(kubeSrc)
+	namespace:  "test"
+	kubeconfig: cluster.kubeconfig
 }
 
 // Example of a `helm install` using a local chart
diff --git a/stdlib/kubernetes/kubernetes.cue b/stdlib/kubernetes/kubernetes.cue
index 5d01cadb..a4b2703d 100644
--- a/stdlib/kubernetes/kubernetes.cue
+++ b/stdlib/kubernetes/kubernetes.cue
@@ -47,22 +47,23 @@ import (
 #Apply: {
 
 	// Kubernetes config to deploy
-	source: dagger.#Artifact @dagger(input)
+	source?: dagger.#Artifact @dagger(input)
 
-	// Kubernetes config to deploy inlined in a string
-	sourceInline?: string @dagger(input)
+	// Kubernetes manifest to deploy inlined in a string
+	manifest?: string @dagger(input)
 
 	// Kubernetes Namespace to deploy to
-	namespace: string @dagger(input)
+	namespace: *"default" | string @dagger(input)
 
 	// Version of kubectl client
 	version: *"v1.19.9" | string @dagger(input)
 
 	// Kube config file
-	kubeconfig: dagger.#Secret @dagger(input)
+	// FIXME: should be `dagger.#Secret`
+	kubeconfig: string @dagger(input)
 
 	#code: #"""
-		kubectl create namespace "$KUBE_NAMESPACE" || true
+		kubectl create namespace "$KUBE_NAMESPACE"  > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 		kubectl --namespace "$KUBE_NAMESPACE" apply -R -f /source
 		"""#
 
@@ -79,10 +80,10 @@ import (
 			content: kubeconfig
 			mode:    0o600
 		},
-		if sourceInline != _|_ {
+		if manifest != _|_ {
 			op.#WriteFile & {
 				dest:    "/source"
-				content: sourceInline
+				content: manifest
 			}
 		},
 		op.#Exec & {
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ import (
 				KUBECONFIG:     "/kubeconfig"
 				KUBE_NAMESPACE: namespace
 			}
-			if sourceInline == _|_ {
+			if manifest == _|_ {
 				mount: "/source": from: source
 			}
 		},
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/kubernetes/kubernetes.cue b/tests/stdlib/kubernetes/kubernetes.cue
index 877d5455..467cc299 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/kubernetes/kubernetes.cue
+++ b/tests/stdlib/kubernetes/kubernetes.cue
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ TestKubeApply: {
 
 	// Apply deployment
 	apply: kubernetes.#Apply & {
-		kubeconfig:   config.contents
-		namespace:    "dagger-test"
-		sourceInline: yaml.Marshal(kubeSrc)
+		kubeconfig: config.contents
+		namespace:  "dagger-test"
+		manifest:   yaml.Marshal(kubeSrc)
 	}
 
 	// Verify deployment