diff --git a/packages/cmd/secrets.go b/packages/cmd/secrets.go
index 904db0d..16db327 100644
--- a/packages/cmd/secrets.go
+++ b/packages/cmd/secrets.go
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ func init() {
 	secretsSetCmd.Flags().String("file", "", "Load secrets from the specified file. File format: .env or YAML (comments: # or //). This option is mutually exclusive with command-line secrets arguments.")
 	util.AddOutputFlagsToCmd(secretsSetCmd, "The output to format the secrets in.")
 
-	secretsDeleteCmd.Flags().String("type", "personal", "the type of secret to delete: personal or shared  (default: personal)")
+	secretsDeleteCmd.Flags().String("type", util.SECRET_TYPE_SHARED, "the type of secret to delete: personal or shared")
 	secretsDeleteCmd.Flags().String("token", "", "Fetch secrets using service token or machine identity access token")
 	secretsDeleteCmd.Flags().String("projectId", "", "manually set the projectId to delete secrets from when using machine identity based auth")
 	secretsDeleteCmd.Flags().String("path", "/", "get secrets within a folder path")