diff --git a/kubernetes/e2e_test/test_utils.py b/kubernetes/e2e_test/test_utils.py
index 6c40361ff8..bf598dca7f 100644
--- a/kubernetes/e2e_test/test_utils.py
+++ b/kubernetes/e2e_test/test_utils.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import unittest
 
+import yaml
 from kubernetes import utils, client
 from kubernetes.e2e_test import base
 
@@ -42,6 +43,39 @@ def test_create_apps_deployment_from_yaml(self):
             name="nginx-app", namespace="default",
             body={})
 
+    def test_create_apps_deployment_from_yaml_string(self):
+        k8s_client = client.api_client.ApiClient(configuration=self.config)
+        with open(self.path_prefix + "apps-deployment.yaml") as f:
+            yaml_str = f.read()
+
+        utils.create_from_yaml(
+            k8s_client, yaml_str)
+
+        app_api = client.AppsV1beta1Api(k8s_client)
+        dep = app_api.read_namespaced_deployment(name="nginx-app",
+                                                 namespace="default")
+        self.assertIsNotNone(dep)
+        app_api.delete_namespaced_deployment(
+            name="nginx-app", namespace="default",
+            body={})
+
+    def test_create_apps_deployment_from_yaml_obj(self):
+        k8s_client = client.api_client.ApiClient(configuration=self.config)
+        with open(self.path_prefix + "apps-deployment.yaml") as f:
+            yml_obj = yaml.safe_load(f)
+
+        utils.create_from_dict(
+            k8s_client, yml_obj)
+
+        app_api = client.AppsV1beta1Api(k8s_client)
+        dep = app_api.read_namespaced_deployment(name="nginx-app",
+                                                 namespace="default")
+        self.assertIsNotNone(dep)
+        app_api.delete_namespaced_deployment(
+            name="nginx-app", namespace="default",
+            body={})
+
+
     def test_create_extensions_deployment_from_yaml(self):
         """
         Should be able to create an extensions/v1beta1 deployment.
diff --git a/kubernetes/utils/create_from_yaml.py b/kubernetes/utils/create_from_yaml.py
index 32ae24160c..be5de7862c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/utils/create_from_yaml.py
+++ b/kubernetes/utils/create_from_yaml.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def create_from_yaml(
     Perform an action from a yaml file. Pass True for verbose to
     print confirmation information.
     Input:
-    yaml_file: string. Contains yaml string or a  path to yaml file.
+    yaml_file: string. Contains yaml string or a path to yaml file.
     k8s_client: an ApiClient object, initialized with the client args.
     verbose: If True, print confirmation from the create action.
         Default is False.
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ def create_from_yaml(
     yml_document_all = yaml.safe_load_all(yaml_file)
     # Load all documents from a single YAML file
     for yml_document in yml_document_all:
-        create_from_map(k8s_client, yml_document, verbose,
+        create_from_dict(k8s_client, yml_document, verbose,
                         **kwargs)
 
 
-def create_from_map(k8s_client, yml_document, verbose=False, **kwargs):
+def create_from_dict(k8s_client, yml_document, verbose=False, **kwargs):
     # If it is a list type, will need to iterate its items
     api_exceptions = []