diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/copy-e2e-image.sh b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/copy-e2e-image.sh
index 481d4d7636a..48c0b2c4308 100755
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/copy-e2e-image.sh
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/copy-e2e-image.sh
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 
 # Usage: copy-e2e-image.sh <image-name> <from-project-name> <to-project-name>
 
+# See *.properties for list of images to copy,
+# typically from kubernetes-node-e2e-images
+
 set -e
 set -x
 
 echo "Copying image $1 from project $2 to project $3..."
 gcloud compute --project $3 disks create $1 --image=https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/$2/global/images/$1
-gcloud compute --project $3 images create $1 --source-disk=$1
-gcloud compute --project $3 disks delete $1
+gcloud compute --project $3 images create $1 \
+  --source-disk=$1 \
+  --description="Cloned from projects/$2/global/images/$1 by $USER on $(date)"
+gcloud -q compute --project $3 disks delete $1