diff --git a/docs/man/man1/kubectl-describe.1 b/docs/man/man1/kubectl-describe.1
index faaa2cf58fe..708a03e369a 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/kubectl-describe.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/kubectl-describe.1
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ will first check for an exact match on RESOURCE and NAME\_PREFIX. If no such res
 exists, it will output details for every resource that has a name prefixed with NAME\_PREFIX
 
 .PP
-Possible resources include pods (po), replicationcontrollers (rc), services
-(svc), nodes (no), events (ev), componentstatuses (cs), limitRanges (limits),
-persistentVolumes (pv), persistentVolumeClaims (pvc), resourceQuotas (quota)
-or secrets.
+Possible resources include (case insensitive): pods (po), services (svc),
+replicationcontrollers (rc), nodes (no), events (ev), componentstatuses (cs),
+limitranges (limits), persistentvolumes (pv), persistentvolumeclaims (pvc),
+resourcequotas (quota) or secrets.
 
 
 .SH OPTIONS
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/kubectl-get.1 b/docs/man/man1/kubectl-get.1
index e2f48814cf0..3b198285c7d 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/kubectl-get.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/kubectl-get.1
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ kubectl get \- Display one or many resources
 Display one or many resources.
 
 .PP
-Possible resources include pods (po), replication controllers (rc), services
-(svc), nodes, events (ev), component statuses (cs), limit ranges (limits),
-nodes (no), persistent volumes (pv), persistent volume claims (pvc)
-or resource quotas (quota).
+Possible resources include (case insensitive): pods (po), services (svc),
+replicationcontrollers (rc), nodes (no), events (ev), componentstatuses (cs),
+limitranges (limits), persistentvolumes (pv), persistentvolumeclaims (pvc),
+resourcequotas (quota) or secrets.
 
 .PP
 By specifying the output as 'template' and providing a Go template as the value
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_describe.md b/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_describe.md
index 9c2682997bd..04bd4ea79b9 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_describe.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_describe.md
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ $ kubectl describe RESOURCE NAME_PREFIX
 will first check for an exact match on RESOURCE and NAME_PREFIX. If no such resource
 exists, it will output details for every resource that has a name prefixed with NAME_PREFIX
 
-Possible resources include pods (po), replicationcontrollers (rc), services
-(svc), nodes (no), events (ev), componentstatuses (cs), limitRanges (limits),
-persistentVolumes (pv), persistentVolumeClaims (pvc), resourceQuotas (quota)
-or secrets.
+Possible resources include (case insensitive): pods (po), services (svc),
+replicationcontrollers (rc), nodes (no), events (ev), componentstatuses (cs),
+limitranges (limits), persistentvolumes (pv), persistentvolumeclaims (pvc),
+resourcequotas (quota) or secrets.
 
 ```
 kubectl describe (RESOURCE NAME_PREFIX | RESOURCE/NAME)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ $ kubectl describe pods frontend
 
 * [kubectl](kubectl.md)	 - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager
 
-###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra at 2015-07-14 08:21:33.374469932 +0000 UTC
+###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra at 2015-07-15 01:43:24.778753787 +0000 UTC
 
 
 <!-- BEGIN MUNGE: GENERATED_ANALYTICS -->
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_get.md b/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_get.md
index 4b77d3cdfc3..f347d8b4d33 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_get.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_get.md
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ Display one or many resources
 
 Display one or many resources.
 
-Possible resources include pods (po), replication controllers (rc), services
-(svc), nodes, events (ev), component statuses (cs), limit ranges (limits),
-nodes (no), persistent volumes (pv), persistent volume claims (pvc)
-or resource quotas (quota).
+Possible resources include (case insensitive): pods (po), services (svc),
+replicationcontrollers (rc), nodes (no), events (ev), componentstatuses (cs),
+limitranges (limits), persistentvolumes (pv), persistentvolumeclaims (pvc),
+resourcequotas (quota) or secrets.
 
 By specifying the output as 'template' and providing a Go template as the value
 of the --template flag, you can filter the attributes of the fetched resource(s).
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ $ kubectl get rc/web service/frontend pods/web-pod-13je7
 
 * [kubectl](kubectl.md)	 - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager
 
-###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra at 2015-07-14 00:11:42.955450097 +0000 UTC
+###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra at 2015-07-15 01:43:24.778535128 +0000 UTC
 
 
 <!-- BEGIN MUNGE: GENERATED_ANALYTICS -->
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe.go
index d2f4f60579f..b3719be9383 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe.go
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ $ kubectl describe RESOURCE NAME_PREFIX
 will first check for an exact match on RESOURCE and NAME_PREFIX. If no such resource
 exists, it will output details for every resource that has a name prefixed with NAME_PREFIX
 
-Possible resources include pods (po), replicationcontrollers (rc), services
-(svc), nodes (no), events (ev), componentstatuses (cs), limitRanges (limits),
-persistentVolumes (pv), persistentVolumeClaims (pvc), resourceQuotas (quota)
-or secrets.`
+Possible resources include (case insensitive): pods (po), services (svc),
+replicationcontrollers (rc), nodes (no), events (ev), componentstatuses (cs),
+limitranges (limits), persistentvolumes (pv), persistentvolumeclaims (pvc),
+resourcequotas (quota) or secrets.`
 	describe_example = `// Describe a node
 $ kubectl describe nodes kubernetes-minion-emt8.c.myproject.internal
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
index 4762752faf9..c5a67acce25 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ import (
 const (
 	get_long = `Display one or many resources.
 
-Possible resources include pods (po), replication controllers (rc), services
-(svc), nodes, events (ev), component statuses (cs), limit ranges (limits),
-nodes (no), persistent volumes (pv), persistent volume claims (pvc)
-or resource quotas (quota).
+Possible resources include (case insensitive): pods (po), services (svc),
+replicationcontrollers (rc), nodes (no), events (ev), componentstatuses (cs),
+limitranges (limits), persistentvolumes (pv), persistentvolumeclaims (pvc),
+resourcequotas (quota) or secrets.
 
 By specifying the output as 'template' and providing a Go template as the value
 of the --template flag, you can filter the attributes of the fetched resource(s).`