diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
index 7321f47a096..2009c6749c2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ __custom_func() {
    * componentstatuses (aka 'cs')
    * configmaps
    * daemonsets (aka 'ds')
-   * deployments
+   * deployments (aka 'deploy')
    * events (aka 'ev')
    * endpoints (aka 'ep')
    * horizontalpodautoscalers (aka 'hpa')
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go b/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go
index dfbc77c5dd3..0c4706dd043 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	kubectlAnnotationPrefix = "kubectl.kubernetes.io/"
 	// TODO: auto-generate this
-	PossibleResourceTypes = `Possible resource types include (case insensitive): pods (aka 'po'), services (aka 'svc'), deployments,
+	PossibleResourceTypes = `Possible resource types include (case insensitive): pods (aka 'po'), services (aka 'svc'), deployments (aka 'deploy'),
 replicasets (aka 'rs'), replicationcontrollers (aka 'rc'), nodes (aka 'no'), events (aka 'ev'), limitranges (aka 'limits'),
 persistentvolumes (aka 'pv'), persistentvolumeclaims (aka 'pvc'), resourcequotas (aka 'quota'), namespaces (aka 'ns'),
 serviceaccounts (aka 'sa'), ingresses (aka 'ing'), horizontalpodautoscalers (aka 'hpa'), daemonsets (aka 'ds'), configmaps,
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ var shortForms = map[string]string{
 	// If you add an entry here, please also take a look at pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
 	// and add an entry to valid_resources when appropriate.
 	"cs":     "componentstatuses",
+	"deploy": "deployments",
 	"ds":     "daemonsets",
 	"ep":     "endpoints",
 	"ev":     "events",