diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
index 18d54e9cb3b..f6c8efd1da5 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
@@ -624,6 +624,10 @@ func describePod(pod *api.Pod, events *api.EventList) (string, error) {
 		w := NewPrefixWriter(out)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Name:\t%s\n", pod.Name)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Namespace:\t%s\n", pod.Namespace)
+		if pod.Spec.Priority != nil {
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Priority:\t%d\n", *pod.Spec.Priority)
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "PriorityClassName:\t%s\n", stringOrNone(pod.Spec.PriorityClassName))
+		}
 		if pod.Spec.NodeName == "" {
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Node:\t<none>\n")
 		} else {
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go
index f18df809791..59aea1a3a00 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go
@@ -144,6 +144,28 @@ func TestDescribeNamespace(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDescribePodPriority(t *testing.T) {
+	priority := int32(1000)
+	fake := fake.NewSimpleClientset(&api.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "bar",
+		},
+		Spec: api.PodSpec{
+			PriorityClassName: "high-priority",
+			Priority:          &priority,
+		},
+	})
+	c := &describeClient{T: t, Namespace: "", Interface: fake}
+	d := PodDescriber{c}
+	out, err := d.Describe("", "bar", printers.DescriberSettings{ShowEvents: true})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "high-priority") || !strings.Contains(out, "1000") {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected out: %s", out)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDescribeConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 	fake := fake.NewSimpleClientset(&api.ConfigMap{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{