diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
index c2834a8cd69..78341d8b1c3 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ func printPod(pod *api.Pod, options printers.PrintOptions) ([]metav1beta1.TableR
 	}
 	if !initializing {
 		restarts = 0
+		hasRunning := false
 		for i := len(pod.Status.ContainerStatuses) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 			container := pod.Status.ContainerStatuses[i]
 
@@ -589,9 +590,15 @@ func printPod(pod *api.Pod, options printers.PrintOptions) ([]metav1beta1.TableR
 					reason = fmt.Sprintf("ExitCode:%d", container.State.Terminated.ExitCode)
 				}
 			} else if container.Ready && container.State.Running != nil {
+				hasRunning = true
 				readyContainers++
 			}
 		}
+
+		// change pod status back to "Running" if there is at least one container still reporting as "Running" status
+		if reason == "Completed" && hasRunning {
+			reason = "Running"
+		}
 	}
 
 	if pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil && pod.Status.Reason == node.NodeUnreachablePodReason {
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
index 9fda8a66cb9..1e5b26f3654 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
@@ -1700,6 +1700,22 @@ func TestPrintPod(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			[]metav1beta1.TableRow{{Cells: []interface{}{"test5", "1/2", "podReason", 6, "<unknown>"}}},
 		},
+		{
+			// Test pod has 2 containers, one is running and the other is completed.
+			api.Pod{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "test6"},
+				Spec:       api.PodSpec{Containers: make([]api.Container, 2)},
+				Status: api.PodStatus{
+					Phase:  "Running",
+					Reason: "",
+					ContainerStatuses: []api.ContainerStatus{
+						{Ready: true, RestartCount: 3, State: api.ContainerState{Terminated: &api.ContainerStateTerminated{Reason: "Completed", ExitCode: 0}}},
+						{Ready: true, RestartCount: 3, State: api.ContainerState{Running: &api.ContainerStateRunning{}}},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			[]metav1beta1.TableRow{{Cells: []interface{}{"test6", "1/2", "Running", 6, "<unknown>"}}},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, test := range tests {