diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
index d882ec96ed4..bdb5f06b6a6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ Find more information at https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes.`,
 	}
 }
 
+// TODO: remove this function and references to it-- errors it prints are
+// very unhelpful because file/line number are wrong.
 func checkErr(err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("%v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
index d232d8ee8b0..88b72dd6d74 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (f *Factory) NewCmdGet(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		Long: `Display one or many resources.
 
 Possible resources include pods (po), replication controllers (rc), services
-(se) or minions (mi).
+(se), minions (mi), or events (ev).
 
 If you specify a Go template, you can use any fields defined for the API version
 you are connecting to the server with.
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource.go
index b20de67d4ba..a9965a492e9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource.go
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/meta"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // ResourceFromArgsOrFile expects two arguments or a valid file with a given type, and extracts
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func ResourceFromArgsOrFile(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, filename string,
 	}
 
 	if len(args) == 2 {
-		resource := args[0]
+		resource := kubectl.ExpandResourceShortcut(args[0])
 		namespace = getKubeNamespace(cmd)
 		name = args[1]
 		if len(name) == 0 || len(resource) == 0 {
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func ResourceFromArgs(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, mapper meta.RESTMapper)
 		usageError(cmd, "Must provide resource and name command line params")
 	}
 
-	resource := args[0]
+	resource := kubectl.ExpandResourceShortcut(args[0])
 	namespace = getKubeNamespace(cmd)
 	name = args[1]
 	if len(name) == 0 || len(resource) == 0 {
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ func ResourceOrTypeFromArgs(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, mapper meta.RESTM
 		usageError(cmd, "Must provide resource or a resource and name as command line params")
 	}
 
-	resource := args[0]
+	resource := kubectl.ExpandResourceShortcut(args[0])
 	if len(resource) == 0 {
 		usageError(cmd, "Must provide resource or a resource and name as command line params")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go b/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go
index 8ad267feff0..13ff22ef094 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/kubectl.go
@@ -146,3 +146,22 @@ func makeImageList(manifest api.ContainerManifest) string {
 	}
 	return strings.Join(images, ",")
 }
+
+// ExpandResourceShortcut will return the expanded version of resource
+// (something that a pkg/api/meta.RESTMapper can understand), if it is
+// indeed a shortcut. Otherwise, will return resource unmodified.
+// TODO: Combine with RESTMapper stuff to provide a general solution
+// to this problem.
+func ExpandResourceShortcut(resource string) string {
+	shortForms := map[string]string{
+		"po": "pods",
+		"rc": "replicationcontrollers",
+		"se": "services",
+		"mi": "minions",
+		"ev": "events",
+	}
+	if expanded, ok := shortForms[resource]; ok {
+		return expanded
+	}
+	return resource
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
index 8309ef37479..48b573f00f8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ var replicationControllerColumns = []string{"NAME", "IMAGE(S)", "SELECTOR", "REP
 var serviceColumns = []string{"NAME", "LABELS", "SELECTOR", "IP", "PORT"}
 var minionColumns = []string{"NAME"}
 var statusColumns = []string{"STATUS"}
+var eventColumns = []string{"NAME", "KIND", "STATUS", "REASON", "MESSAGE"}
 
 // addDefaultHandlers adds print handlers for default Kubernetes types.
 func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) addDefaultHandlers() {
@@ -189,6 +190,8 @@ func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) addDefaultHandlers() {
 	h.Handler(minionColumns, printMinion)
 	h.Handler(minionColumns, printMinionList)
 	h.Handler(statusColumns, printStatus)
+	h.Handler(eventColumns, printEvent)
+	h.Handler(eventColumns, printEventList)
 }
 
 func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) unknown(data []byte, w io.Writer) error {
@@ -277,6 +280,27 @@ func printStatus(status *api.Status, w io.Writer) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func printEvent(event *api.Event, w io.Writer) error {
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(
+		w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n",
+		event.InvolvedObject.Name,
+		event.InvolvedObject.Kind,
+		event.Status,
+		event.Reason,
+		event.Message,
+	)
+	return err
+}
+
+func printEventList(list *api.EventList, w io.Writer) error {
+	for i := range list.Items {
+		if err := printEvent(&list.Items[i], w); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // PrintObj prints the obj in a human-friendly format according to the type of the obj.
 func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, output io.Writer) error {
 	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(output, 20, 5, 3, ' ', 0)