diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/history.go b/pkg/kubectl/history.go
index 7bf4eb5b88c..5464686291d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/history.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/history.go
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func applyHistory(ds *extensionsv1beta1.DaemonSet, history *appsv1beta1.Controll
 func tabbedString(f func(io.Writer) error) (string, error) {
 	out := new(tabwriter.Writer)
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	out.Init(buf, 0, 8, 1, '\t', 0)
+	out.Init(buf, 0, 8, 2, ' ', 0)
 
 	err := f(out)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
index 94a3f39187f..e00be107542 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ type PrefixWriter interface {
 	Write(level int, format string, a ...interface{})
 	// WriteLine writes an entire line with no indentation level.
 	WriteLine(a ...interface{})
+	// Flush forces indendation to be reset.
+	Flush()
 }
 
 // prefixWriter implements PrefixWriter
@@ -116,6 +118,12 @@ func (pw *prefixWriter) WriteLine(a ...interface{}) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(pw.out, a...)
 }
 
+func (pw *prefixWriter) Flush() {
+	if f, ok := pw.out.(flusher); ok {
+		f.Flush()
+	}
+}
+
 func describerMap(c clientset.Interface) map[schema.GroupKind]printers.Describer {
 	m := map[schema.GroupKind]printers.Describer{
 		api.Kind("Pod"):                   &PodDescriber{c},
@@ -2853,19 +2861,24 @@ func DescribeEvents(el *api.EventList, w PrefixWriter) {
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Events:\t<none>\n")
 		return
 	}
+	w.Flush()
 	sort.Sort(events.SortableEvents(el.Items))
-	w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Events:\n  FirstSeen\tLastSeen\tCount\tFrom\tSubObjectPath\tType\tReason\tMessage\n")
-	w.Write(LEVEL_1, "---------\t--------\t-----\t----\t-------------\t--------\t------\t-------\n")
+	w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Events:\n  Type\tReason\tAge\tFrom\tMessage\n")
+	w.Write(LEVEL_1, "----\t------\t----\t----\t-------\n")
 	for _, e := range el.Items {
-		w.Write(LEVEL_1, "%s\t%s\t%d\t%v\t%v\t%v\t%v\t%v\n",
-			translateTimestamp(e.FirstTimestamp),
-			translateTimestamp(e.LastTimestamp),
-			e.Count,
-			formatEventSource(e.Source),
-			e.InvolvedObject.FieldPath,
+		var interval string
+		if e.Count > 1 {
+			interval = fmt.Sprintf("%s (x%d over %s)", translateTimestamp(e.LastTimestamp), e.Count, translateTimestamp(e.FirstTimestamp))
+		} else {
+			interval = translateTimestamp(e.FirstTimestamp)
+		}
+		w.Write(LEVEL_1, "%v\t%v\t%s\t%v\t%v\n",
 			e.Type,
 			e.Reason,
-			e.Message)
+			interval,
+			formatEventSource(e.Source),
+			strings.TrimSpace(e.Message),
+		)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3591,10 +3604,14 @@ func printTolerationsMultilineWithIndent(w PrefixWriter, initialIndent, title, i
 	}
 }
 
+type flusher interface {
+	Flush()
+}
+
 func tabbedString(f func(io.Writer) error) (string, error) {
 	out := new(tabwriter.Writer)
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	out.Init(buf, 0, 8, 1, '\t', 0)
+	out.Init(buf, 0, 8, 2, ' ', 0)
 
 	err := f(out)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go
index 2d74b242200..8df36736c7f 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go
@@ -1499,22 +1499,22 @@ URL:	http://localhost
 
 func TestDescribePodSecurityPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := []string{
-		"Name:\t*mypsp",
-		"Allow Privileged:\t*false",
-		"Default Add Capabilities:\t*<none>",
-		"Required Drop Capabilities:\t*<none>",
-		"Allowed Capabilities:\t*<none>",
-		"Allowed Volume Types:\t*<none>",
-		"Allow Host Network:\t*false",
-		"Allow Host Ports:\t*<none>",
-		"Allow Host PID:\t*false",
-		"Allow Host IPC:\t*false",
-		"Read Only Root Filesystem:\t*false",
+		"Name:\\s*mypsp",
+		"Allow Privileged:\\s*false",
+		"Default Add Capabilities:\\s*<none>",
+		"Required Drop Capabilities:\\s*<none>",
+		"Allowed Capabilities:\\s*<none>",
+		"Allowed Volume Types:\\s*<none>",
+		"Allow Host Network:\\s*false",
+		"Allow Host Ports:\\s*<none>",
+		"Allow Host PID:\\s*false",
+		"Allow Host IPC:\\s*false",
+		"Read Only Root Filesystem:\\s*false",
 		"SELinux Context Strategy: RunAsAny",
-		"User:\t*<none>",
-		"Role:\t*<none>",
-		"Type:\t*<none>",
-		"Level:\t*<none>",
+		"User:\\s*<none>",
+		"Role:\\s*<none>",
+		"Type:\\s*<none>",
+		"Level:\\s*<none>",
 		"Run As User Strategy: RunAsAny",
 		"FSGroup Strategy: RunAsAny",
 		"Supplemental Groups Strategy: RunAsAny",