diff --git a/pkg/printers/humanreadable.go b/pkg/printers/humanreadable.go
index 5b86be92fea..8ef5f38cedc 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/humanreadable.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/humanreadable.go
@@ -114,17 +114,25 @@ func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) EnsurePrintHeaders() {
 // See ValidatePrintHandlerFunc for required method signature.
 func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) Handler(columns, columnsWithWide []string, printFunc interface{}) error {
 	var columnDefinitions []metav1beta1.TableColumnDefinition
-	for _, column := range columns {
+	for i, column := range columns {
+		format := ""
+		if i == 0 && strings.EqualFold(column, "name") {
+			format = "name"
+		}
+
 		columnDefinitions = append(columnDefinitions, metav1beta1.TableColumnDefinition{
-			Name: column,
-			Type: "string",
+			Name:        column,
+			Description: column,
+			Type:        "string",
+			Format:      format,
 		})
 	}
 	for _, column := range columnsWithWide {
 		columnDefinitions = append(columnDefinitions, metav1beta1.TableColumnDefinition{
-			Name:     column,
-			Type:     "string",
-			Priority: 1,
+			Name:        column,
+			Description: column,
+			Type:        "string",
+			Priority:    1,
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -631,6 +639,13 @@ func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) legacyPrinterToTable(obj runtime.Object, handler
 	args := []reflect.Value{reflect.ValueOf(obj), reflect.ValueOf(buf), reflect.ValueOf(options)}
 
 	if meta.IsListType(obj) {
+		listInterface, ok := obj.(metav1.ListInterface)
+		if ok {
+			table.ListMeta.SelfLink = listInterface.GetSelfLink()
+			table.ListMeta.ResourceVersion = listInterface.GetResourceVersion()
+			table.ListMeta.Continue = listInterface.GetContinue()
+		}
+
 		// TODO: this uses more memory than it has to, as we refactor printers we should remove the need
 		// for this.
 		args[0] = reflect.ValueOf(obj)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go
index 647b9401b1e..8b7a056113e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/resttest/resttest.go
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ func (t *Tester) testListTableConversion(obj runtime.Object, assignFn AssignFunc
 	if len(columns) == 0 {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected number of columns: %v", len(columns))
 	}
-	if columns[0].Name != "Name" || columns[0].Type != "string" || columns[0].Format != "name" {
+	if !strings.EqualFold(columns[0].Name, "Name") || columns[0].Type != "string" || columns[0].Format != "name" {
 		t.Errorf("expect column 0 to be the name column: %#v", columns[0])
 	}
 	for j, column := range columns {