diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate.go
index e850a1fa517..0e8e2ac6d2d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func NewAnnotateOptions(ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *AnnotateOptions
 	}
 }
 
-func NewCmdAnnotate(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+func NewCmdAnnotate(parent string, f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	o := NewAnnotateOptions(ioStreams)
 	validArgs := cmdutil.ValidArgList(f)
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func NewCmdAnnotate(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *c
 		Use: "annotate [--overwrite] (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME) KEY_1=VAL_1 ... KEY_N=VAL_N [--resource-version=version]",
 		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
 		Short:   i18n.T("Update the annotations on a resource"),
-		Long:    annotateLong + "\n\n" + cmdutil.ValidResourceTypeList(f),
+		Long:    annotateLong + "\n\n" + cmdutil.SuggestApiResources(parent),
 		Example: annotateExample,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			if err := o.Complete(f, cmd, args); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate_test.go
index ec30bbd47a7..e76621419da 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate_test.go
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ func TestAnnotateErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
 
 			iostreams, _, bufOut, bufErr := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-			cmd := NewCmdAnnotate(tf, iostreams)
+			cmd := NewCmdAnnotate("kubectl", tf, iostreams)
 			cmd.SetOutput(bufOut)
 
 			for k, v := range testCase.flags {
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ func TestAnnotateObject(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
 
 	iostreams, _, bufOut, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdAnnotate(tf, iostreams)
+	cmd := NewCmdAnnotate("kubectl", tf, iostreams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(bufOut)
 	options := NewAnnotateOptions(iostreams)
 	args := []string{"pods/foo", "a=b", "c-"}
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ func TestAnnotateObjectFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
 
 	iostreams, _, bufOut, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdAnnotate(tf, iostreams)
+	cmd := NewCmdAnnotate("kubectl", tf, iostreams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(bufOut)
 	options := NewAnnotateOptions(iostreams)
 	options.Filenames = []string{"../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/statefulset/cassandra/controller.yaml"}
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ func TestAnnotateLocal(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
 
 	iostreams, _, _, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdAnnotate(tf, iostreams)
+	cmd := NewCmdAnnotate("kubectl", tf, iostreams)
 	options := NewAnnotateOptions(iostreams)
 	options.local = true
 	options.Filenames = []string{"../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/statefulset/cassandra/controller.yaml"}
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ func TestAnnotateMultipleObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
 
 	iostreams, _, _, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdAnnotate(tf, iostreams)
+	cmd := NewCmdAnnotate("kubectl", tf, iostreams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(iostreams.Out)
 	options := NewAnnotateOptions(iostreams)
 	options.all = true
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
index 9a5834de12b..3f23fbe54dd 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ func NewKubectlCommand(f cmdutil.Factory, in io.Reader, out, err io.Writer) *cob
 		{
 			Message: "Basic Commands (Intermediate):",
 			Commands: []*cobra.Command{
-				NewCmdExplain(f, ioStreams),
-				get.NewCmdGet(f, ioStreams),
+				NewCmdExplain("kubectl", f, ioStreams),
+				get.NewCmdGet("kubectl", f, ioStreams),
 				NewCmdEdit(f, ioStreams),
 				NewCmdDelete(f, out, err),
 			},
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func NewKubectlCommand(f cmdutil.Factory, in io.Reader, out, err io.Writer) *cob
 		{
 			Message: "Troubleshooting and Debugging Commands:",
 			Commands: []*cobra.Command{
-				NewCmdDescribe(f, out, err),
+				NewCmdDescribe("kubectl", f, ioStreams),
 				NewCmdLogs(f, out, err),
 				NewCmdAttach(f, in, out, err),
 				NewCmdExec(f, in, out, err),
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func NewKubectlCommand(f cmdutil.Factory, in io.Reader, out, err io.Writer) *cob
 			Message: "Settings Commands:",
 			Commands: []*cobra.Command{
 				NewCmdLabel(f, ioStreams),
-				NewCmdAnnotate(f, ioStreams),
+				NewCmdAnnotate("kubectl", f, ioStreams),
 				NewCmdCompletion(out, ""),
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe.go
index 8d6139ab856..f54f6bb9dae 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ var (
 		kubectl describe pods frontend`))
 )
 
-func NewCmdDescribe(f cmdutil.Factory, out, cmdErr io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
+func NewCmdDescribe(parent string, f cmdutil.Factory, out, cmdErr io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	options := &resource.FilenameOptions{}
 	describerSettings := &printers.DescriberSettings{
 		ShowEvents: true,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func NewCmdDescribe(f cmdutil.Factory, out, cmdErr io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		Use: "describe (-f FILENAME | TYPE [NAME_PREFIX | -l label] | TYPE/NAME)",
 		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
 		Short:   i18n.T("Show details of a specific resource or group of resources"),
-		Long:    describeLong + "\n\n" + cmdutil.ValidResourceTypeList(f),
+		Long:    describeLong + "\n\n" + cmdutil.SuggestApiResources(parent),
 		Example: describeExample,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			err := RunDescribe(f, out, cmdErr, cmd, args, options, describerSettings)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func RunDescribe(f cmdutil.Factory, out, cmdErr io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, a
 		enforceNamespace = false
 	}
 	if len(args) == 0 && cmdutil.IsFilenameSliceEmpty(options.Filenames) {
-		fmt.Fprintf(cmdErr, "You must specify the type of resource to describe. %s\n\n", cmdutil.ValidResourceTypeList(f))
+		fmt.Fprintf(cmdErr, "You must specify the type of resource to describe. %s\n\n", cmdutil.SuggestApiResources(cmd.Parent().Name()))
 		return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "Required resource not specified.")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe_test.go
index 85424e97ec1..e89845fa2a3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/describe_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest/fake"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	cmdtesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 )
 
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@ func TestDescribeUnknownSchemaObject(t *testing.T) {
 		NegotiatedSerializer: unstructuredSerializer,
 		Resp:                 &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Header: defaultHeader(), Body: objBody(codec, cmdtesting.NewInternalType("", "", "foo"))},
 	}
+
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+
 	tf.Namespace = "non-default"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	buferr := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdDescribe(tf, buf, buferr)
+	cmd := NewCmdDescribe("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"type", "foo"})
 
 	if d.Name != "foo" || d.Namespace != "" {
@@ -68,9 +69,10 @@ func TestDescribeUnknownNamespacedSchemaObject(t *testing.T) {
 		Resp:                 &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Header: defaultHeader(), Body: objBody(codec, cmdtesting.NewInternalNamespacedType("", "", "foo", "non-default"))},
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "non-default"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	buferr := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdDescribe(tf, buf, buferr)
+
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+
+	cmd := NewCmdDescribe("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"namespacedtype", "foo"})
 
 	if d.Name != "foo" || d.Namespace != "non-default" {
@@ -103,9 +105,10 @@ func TestDescribeObject(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	buferr := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdDescribe(tf, buf, buferr)
+
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+
+	cmd := NewCmdDescribe("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("filename", "../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/guestbook/legacy/redis-master-controller.yaml")
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{})
 
@@ -131,10 +134,10 @@ func TestDescribeListObjects(t *testing.T) {
 		Resp:                 &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Header: defaultHeader(), Body: objBody(codec, pods)},
 	}
 
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	buferr := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdDescribe(tf, buf, buferr)
+	cmd := NewCmdDescribe("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods"})
 	if buf.String() != fmt.Sprintf("%s\n\n%s", d.Output, d.Output) {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected output: %s", buf.String())
@@ -155,9 +158,7 @@ func TestDescribeObjectShowEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	buferr := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdDescribe(tf, buf, buferr)
+	cmd := NewCmdDescribe("kubectl", tf, genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard())
 	cmd.Flags().Set("show-events", "true")
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods"})
 	if d.Settings.ShowEvents != true {
@@ -179,9 +180,7 @@ func TestDescribeObjectSkipEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	buferr := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdDescribe(tf, buf, buferr)
+	cmd := NewCmdDescribe("kubectl", tf, genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard())
 	cmd.Flags().Set("show-events", "false")
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods"})
 	if d.Settings.ShowEvents != false {
@@ -193,9 +192,9 @@ func TestDescribeHelpMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	tf := cmdtesting.NewTestFactory()
 	defer tf.Cleanup()
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	buferr := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdDescribe(tf, buf, buferr)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+
+	cmd := NewCmdDescribe("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"-h"})
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	_, err := cmd.ExecuteC()
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/explain.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/explain.go
index 61ef8fa3f52..58e10c5922f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/explain.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/explain.go
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/explain"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
@@ -51,27 +53,36 @@ var (
 
 type ExplainOptions struct {
 	genericclioptions.IOStreams
+
+	CmdParent  string
+	ApiVersion string
+	Recursive  bool
+
+	Mapper meta.RESTMapper
+	Schema openapi.Resources
 }
 
-func NewExplainOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *ExplainOptions {
+func NewExplainOptions(parent string, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *ExplainOptions {
 	return &ExplainOptions{
 		IOStreams: streams,
+		CmdParent: parent,
 	}
 }
 
 // NewCmdExplain returns a cobra command for swagger docs
-func NewCmdExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
-	o := NewExplainOptions(streams)
+func NewCmdExplain(parent string, f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	o := NewExplainOptions(parent, streams)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "explain RESOURCE",
 		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
 		Short:   i18n.T("Documentation of resources"),
-		Long:    explainLong + "\n\n" + cmdutil.ValidResourceTypeList(f),
+		Long:    explainLong + "\n\n" + cmdutil.SuggestApiResources(parent),
 		Example: explainExamples,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			err := o.RunExplain(f, cmd, args)
-			cmdutil.CheckErr(err)
+			cmdutil.CheckErr(o.Complete(f, cmd))
+			cmdutil.CheckErr(o.Validate(args))
+			cmdutil.CheckErr(o.Run(args))
 		},
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().Bool("recursive", false, "Print the fields of fields (Currently only 1 level deep)")
@@ -79,24 +90,40 @@ func NewCmdExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobr
 	return cmd
 }
 
-// RunExplain executes the appropriate steps to print a model's documentation
-func (o *ExplainOptions) RunExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+func (o *ExplainOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command) error {
+	o.Recursive = cmdutil.GetFlagBool(cmd, "recursive")
+	o.ApiVersion = cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "api-version")
+
+	o.Mapper, _ = f.Object()
+
+	var err error
+	o.Schema, err = f.OpenAPISchema()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (o *ExplainOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "You must specify the type of resource to explain. %s\n\n", cmdutil.ValidResourceTypeList(f))
-		return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "Required resource not specified.")
+		return fmt.Errorf("You must specify the type of resource to explain. %s\n", cmdutil.SuggestApiResources(o.CmdParent))
 	}
 	if len(args) > 1 {
-		return cmdutil.UsageErrorf(cmd, "We accept only this format: explain RESOURCE")
+		return fmt.Errorf("We accept only this format: explain RESOURCE\n")
 	}
 
-	recursive := cmdutil.GetFlagBool(cmd, "recursive")
-	apiVersionString := cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "api-version")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Run executes the appropriate steps to print a model's documentation
+func (o *ExplainOptions) Run(args []string) error {
+	recursive := o.Recursive
+	apiVersionString := o.ApiVersion
 
-	mapper, _ := f.Object()
 	// TODO: After we figured out the new syntax to separate group and resource, allow
 	// the users to use it in explain (kubectl explain <group><syntax><resource>).
 	// Refer to issue #16039 for why we do this. Refer to PR #15808 that used "/" syntax.
-	inModel, fieldsPath, err := explain.SplitAndParseResourceRequest(args[0], mapper)
+	inModel, fieldsPath, err := explain.SplitAndParseResourceRequest(args[0], o.Mapper)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -105,10 +132,10 @@ func (o *ExplainOptions) RunExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args
 	fullySpecifiedGVR, groupResource := schema.ParseResourceArg(inModel)
 	gvk := schema.GroupVersionKind{}
 	if fullySpecifiedGVR != nil {
-		gvk, _ = mapper.KindFor(*fullySpecifiedGVR)
+		gvk, _ = o.Mapper.KindFor(*fullySpecifiedGVR)
 	}
 	if gvk.Empty() {
-		gvk, err = mapper.KindFor(groupResource.WithVersion(""))
+		gvk, err = o.Mapper.KindFor(groupResource.WithVersion(""))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -122,12 +149,7 @@ func (o *ExplainOptions) RunExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args
 		gvk = apiVersion.WithKind(gvk.Kind)
 	}
 
-	resources, err := f.OpenAPISchema()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	schema := resources.LookupResource(gvk)
+	schema := o.Schema.LookupResource(gvk)
 	if schema == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't find resource for %q", gvk)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
index d23cccae0cf..a364f2f3200 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ type GetOptions struct {
 	IsGeneric            bool
 	PrintWithOpenAPICols bool
 
+	CmdParent string
+
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 
 	Raw       string
@@ -131,26 +133,27 @@ const (
 )
 
 // NewGetOptions returns a GetOptions with default chunk size 500.
-func NewGetOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *GetOptions {
+func NewGetOptions(parent string, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *GetOptions {
 	return &GetOptions{
 		PrintFlags: NewGetPrintFlags(),
-		ChunkSize:  500,
+		CmdParent:  parent,
 
 		IOStreams: streams,
+		ChunkSize: 500,
 	}
 }
 
 // NewCmdGet creates a command object for the generic "get" action, which
 // retrieves one or more resources from a server.
-func NewCmdGet(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
-	o := NewGetOptions(streams)
+func NewCmdGet(parent string, f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	o := NewGetOptions(parent, streams)
 	validArgs := cmdutil.ValidArgList(f)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "get [(-o|--output=)json|yaml|wide|custom-columns=...|custom-columns-file=...|go-template=...|go-template-file=...|jsonpath=...|jsonpath-file=...] (TYPE [NAME | -l label] | TYPE/NAME ...) [flags]",
 		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
 		Short:   i18n.T("Display one or many resources"),
-		Long:    getLong + "\n\n" + cmdutil.ValidResourceTypeList(f),
+		Long:    getLong + "\n\n" + cmdutil.SuggestApiResources(parent),
 		Example: getExample,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			cmdutil.CheckErr(o.Complete(f, cmd, args))
@@ -258,7 +261,7 @@ func (o *GetOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []stri
 		o.IncludeUninitialized = cmdutil.ShouldIncludeUninitialized(cmd, len(args) == 2)
 	default:
 		if len(args) == 0 && cmdutil.IsFilenameSliceEmpty(o.Filenames) {
-			fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "You must specify the type of resource to get. %s\n\n", cmdutil.ValidResourceTypeList(f))
+			fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "You must specify the type of resource to get. %s\n\n", cmdutil.SuggestApiResources(o.CmdParent))
 			fullCmdName := cmd.Parent().CommandPath()
 			usageString := "Required resource not specified."
 			if len(fullCmdName) > 0 && cmdutil.IsSiblingCommandExists(cmd, "explain") {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get_test.go
index a7844fcd8a5..b617d0d080d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get_test.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestGetUnknownSchemaObject(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"type", "foo"})
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func TestGetSchemaObject(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"replicationcontrollers", "foo"})
 
 	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "foo") {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func TestGetObjectsWithOpenAPIOutputFormatPresent(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set(useOpenAPIPrintColumnFlagLabel, "true")
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods", "foo"})
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func TestGetObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods", "foo"})
 
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ func TestGetObjectIgnoreNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("ignore-not-found", "true")
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", "yaml")
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func TestGetSortedObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = &restclient.Config{ContentConfig: restclient.ContentConfig{GroupVersion: &schema.GroupVersion{Version: "v1"}}}
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	// sorting with metedata.name
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ func TestGetObjectsIdentifiedByFile(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("filename", "../../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/statefulset/cassandra/controller.yaml")
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{})
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ func TestGetListObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods"})
 
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ func TestGetAllListObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods"})
 
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ func TestGetListComponentStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"componentstatuses"})
 
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ func TestGetMixedGenericObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", "json")
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods"})
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods,services"})
 
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsAsList(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", "json")
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsWithLabelSelector(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("selector", "a=b")
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsWithFieldSelector(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("field-selector", "a=b")
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsWithDirectReference(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"services/bar", "node/foo"})
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ func TestWatchLabelSelector(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch", "true")
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ func TestWatchFieldSelector(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch", "true")
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ func TestWatchResource(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch", "true")
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ func TestWatchResourceIdentifiedByFile(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch", "true")
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ func TestWatchOnlyResource(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch-only", "true")
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ func TestWatchOnlyList(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 
 	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
+	cmd := NewCmdGet("kubectl", tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch-only", "true")
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go
index 56127119392..ce1ea57b40e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go
@@ -234,54 +234,10 @@ func maybeWrapSortingPrinter(printer printers.ResourcePrinter, printOpts printer
 	return printer
 }
 
-// ValidResourceTypeList returns a multi-line string containing the valid resources. May
-// be called before the factory is initialized.
-// TODO: This function implementation should be replaced with a real implementation from the
-//   discovery service.
-func ValidResourceTypeList(f ClientAccessFactory) string {
-	// TODO: Should attempt to use the cached discovery list or fallback to a static list
-	// that is calculated from code compiled into the factory.
-	return templates.LongDesc(`Valid resource types include:
-	
-			* all
-			* certificatesigningrequests (aka 'csr')
-			* clusterrolebindings
-			* clusterroles
-			* componentstatuses (aka 'cs')
-			* configmaps (aka 'cm')
-			* controllerrevisions
-			* cronjobs
-			* customresourcedefinition (aka 'crd')
-			* daemonsets (aka 'ds')
-			* deployments (aka 'deploy')
-			* endpoints (aka 'ep')
-			* events (aka 'ev')
-			* horizontalpodautoscalers (aka 'hpa')
-			* ingresses (aka 'ing')
-			* jobs
-			* limitranges (aka 'limits')
-			* namespaces (aka 'ns')
-			* networkpolicies (aka 'netpol')
-			* nodes (aka 'no')
-			* persistentvolumeclaims (aka 'pvc')
-			* persistentvolumes (aka 'pv')
-			* poddisruptionbudgets (aka 'pdb')
-			* podpreset
-			* pods (aka 'po')
-			* podsecuritypolicies (aka 'psp')
-			* podtemplates
-			* replicasets (aka 'rs')
-			* replicationcontrollers (aka 'rc')
-			* resourcequotas (aka 'quota')
-			* rolebindings
-			* roles
-			* secrets
-			* serviceaccounts (aka 'sa')
-			* services (aka 'svc')
-			* statefulsets (aka 'sts')
-			* storageclasses (aka 'sc')
-	
-	`)
+// SuggestApiResources returns a suggestion to use the "api-resources" command
+// to retrieve a supported list of resources
+func SuggestApiResources(parent string) string {
+	return templates.LongDesc(fmt.Sprintf("Use \"%s api-resources\" for a complete list of supported resources.", parent))
 }
 
 // Retrieve a list of handled resources from printer as valid args