diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 383227437f..431d82386d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ You can install ``collection_prep`` using
 
 After installation, you can update documentation
 
-    # collection_prep_add_docs -p /<PATH_OF_COLLECTION>/kubernetes.core
+    # collection_prep_add_docs -p /<PATH_OF_COLLECTION>/kubernetes/core
 
 Review the changes and create a pull request using updated files.
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20240426-add-support-of-kubectl-local-env-vars-for-connection-plugin.yml b/changelogs/fragments/20240426-add-support-of-kubectl-local-env-vars-for-connection-plugin.yml
index db2df29f49..226ad58271 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/20240426-add-support-of-kubectl-local-env-vars-for-connection-plugin.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/20240426-add-support-of-kubectl-local-env-vars-for-connection-plugin.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
 minor_changes:
-  - kubectl - added support of local enviroment variable that will be used for kubectl and may be requried for establishing connections ifself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/702)
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+  - kubectl - added support of local enviroment variable that will be used for kubectl and may be requried for establishing connections ifself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/702)
diff --git a/plugins/connection/kubectl.py b/plugins/connection/kubectl.py
index 77113e21ad..2a5e1b988f 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/kubectl.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/kubectl.py
@@ -318,11 +318,10 @@ def _local_env(self):
         if local_env_vars:
             if isinstance(local_env_vars, dict):
                 local_env_vars = json.dumps(local_env_vars)
-            local_env = dict(os.environ)
+            local_env = os.environ.copy()
             local_env.update(json.loads(local_env_vars))
             return local_env
-        else:
-            return None
+        return None
 
     def _connect(self, port=None):
         """Connect to the container. Nothing to do"""