if err != nil {
		return "", warn, err
	}

	// convert any binary data to the string equivalent for easier review. The
	// kube-apiserver will convert this to binary before it persists it to storage.
	remoteSecret.StringData = make(map[string]string, len(remoteSecret.Data))
	for k, v := range remoteSecret.Data {
		remoteSecret.StringData[k] = string(v)
	}
	remoteSecret.Data = nil