diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
index db03fc34966..754ddd0d246 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func printUnstructuredContent(w PrefixWriter, level int, content map[string]inte
 		switch typedValue := value.(type) {
 		case map[string]interface{}:
 			skipExpr := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", skipPrefix, field)
-			if slice.ContainsString(skip, skipExpr, nil) {
+			if slice.Contains[string](skip, skipExpr, nil) {
 				continue
 			}
 			w.Write(level, "%s:\n", smartLabelFor(field))
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func printUnstructuredContent(w PrefixWriter, level int, content map[string]inte
 
 		case []interface{}:
 			skipExpr := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", skipPrefix, field)
-			if slice.ContainsString(skip, skipExpr, nil) {
+			if slice.Contains[string](skip, skipExpr, nil) {
 				continue
 			}
 			w.Write(level, "%s:\n", smartLabelFor(field))
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ func printUnstructuredContent(w PrefixWriter, level int, content map[string]inte
 
 		default:
 			skipExpr := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", skipPrefix, field)
-			if slice.ContainsString(skip, skipExpr, nil) {
+			if slice.Contains[string](skip, skipExpr, nil) {
 				continue
 			}
 			w.Write(level, "%s:\t%v\n", smartLabelFor(field), typedValue)
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func smartLabelFor(field string) string {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if slice.ContainsString(commonAcronyms, strings.ToUpper(part), nil) {
+		if slice.Contains[string](commonAcronyms, strings.ToUpper(part), nil) {
 			part = strings.ToUpper(part)
 		} else {
 			part = strings.Title(part)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice.go
index d02bb3458b1..6f65242037e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice/slice.go
@@ -23,8 +23,23 @@ import (
 // SortInts64 sorts []int64 in increasing order
 func SortInts64(a []int64) { sort.Slice(a, func(i, j int) bool { return a[i] < a[j] }) }
 
+// Contains checks if a given slice of type T contains the provided item.
+// If a modifier func is provided, it is called with the slice item before the comparation.
+func Contains[T comparable](slice []T, s T, modifier func(s T) T) bool {
+	for _, item := range slice {
+		if item == s {
+			return true
+		}
+		if modifier != nil && modifier(item) == s {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // ContainsString checks if a given slice of strings contains the provided string.
 // If a modifier func is provided, it is called with the slice item before the comparation.
+// Deprecated: Use Contains[T] instead
 func ContainsString(slice []string, s string, modifier func(s string) string) bool {
 	for _, item := range slice {
 		if item == s {