diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/get_contexts.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/get_contexts.go
index cef853e76fe..570f11682ca 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/get_contexts.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/get_contexts.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func NewCmdConfigGetContexts(out io.Writer, configAccess clientcmd.ConfigAccess)
 		Long:    getContextsLong,
 		Example: getContextsExample,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			validOutputTypes := sets.NewString("", "json", "yaml", "wide", "name", "go-template", "go-template-file", "jsonpath", "jsonpath-file")
+			validOutputTypes := sets.NewString("", "json", "yaml", "wide", "name", "custom-columns", "custom-columns-file", "go-template", "go-template-file", "jsonpath", "jsonpath-file")
 			supportedOutputTypes := sets.NewString("", "name")
 			outputFormat := cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "output")
 			if !validOutputTypes.Has(outputFormat) {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
index c53730c1426..d46c2e4587a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func NewCmdGet(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:     "get [(-o|--output=)json|yaml|wide|go-template=...|go-template-file=...|jsonpath=...|jsonpath-file=...] (TYPE [NAME | -l label] | TYPE/NAME ...) [flags]",
+		Use:     "get [(-o|--output=)json|yaml|wide|custom-columns=...|custom-columns-file=...|go-template=...|go-template-file=...|jsonpath=...|jsonpath-file=...] (TYPE [NAME | -l label] | TYPE/NAME ...) [flags]",
 		Short:   "Display one or many resources",
 		Long:    get_long,
 		Example: get_example,
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go
index 7d4592d148c..b8a52f00804 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func AddOutputFlagsForMutation(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 // AddOutputFlags adds output related flags to a command.
 func AddOutputFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
-	cmd.Flags().StringP("output", "o", "", "Output format. One of: json|yaml|wide|name|go-template=...|go-template-file=...|jsonpath=...|jsonpath-file=... See golang template [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview] and jsonpath template [http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/jsonpath].")
+	cmd.Flags().StringP("output", "o", "", "Output format. One of: json|yaml|wide|name|custom-columns=...|custom-columns-file=...|go-template=...|go-template-file=...|jsonpath=...|jsonpath-file=... See custom columns [http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/kubectl-overview/#custom-columns], golang template [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview] and jsonpath template [http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/jsonpath].")
 }
 
 // AddNoHeadersFlags adds no-headers flags to a command.