diff --git a/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go b/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go
index 7b4c4f2e884..34dfca3fc63 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go
@@ -272,9 +272,8 @@ func syncOne(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, now time.Time, jc jobCo
 	}
 	if tooLate {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("Missed starting window for %s", nameForLog)
-		// TODO: generate an event for a miss.  Use a warning level event because it indicates a
-		// problem with the controller (restart or long queue), and is not expected by user either.
-		// Since we don't set LastScheduleTime when not scheduling, we are going to keep noticing
+		recorder.Eventf(sj, v1.EventTypeWarning, "MissSchedule", "Missed scheduled time to start a job: %s", scheduledTime.Format(time.RFC1123Z))
+		// TODO: Since we don't set LastScheduleTime when not scheduling, we are going to keep noticing
 		// the miss every cycle.  In order to avoid sending multiple events, and to avoid processing
 		// the sj again and again, we could set a Status.LastMissedTime when we notice a miss.
 		// Then, when we call getRecentUnmetScheduleTimes, we can take max(creationTimestamp,