diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
index 130d22d3c34..62094582f47 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -255,17 +255,17 @@ func NewKubectlCommand(f cmdutil.Factory, in io.Reader, out, err io.Writer) *cob
 			Message: "Basic Commands (Beginner):",
 			Commands: []*cobra.Command{
 				create.NewCmdCreate(f, ioStreams),
-				NewCmdExposeService(f, out),
-				NewCmdRun(f, in, out, err),
-				set.NewCmdSet(f, in, out, err),
-				deprecatedAlias("run-container", NewCmdRun(f, in, out, err)),
+				NewCmdExposeService(f, ioStreams),
+				NewCmdRun(f, ioStreams),
+				set.NewCmdSet(f, ioStreams),
+				deprecatedAlias("run-container", NewCmdRun(f, ioStreams)),
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			Message: "Basic Commands (Intermediate):",
 			Commands: []*cobra.Command{
-				resource.NewCmdGet(f, out, err),
-				NewCmdExplain(f, out, err),
+				resource.NewCmdGet(f, ioStreams),
+				NewCmdExplain(f, ioStreams),
 				NewCmdEdit(f, ioStreams),
 				NewCmdDelete(f, out, err),
 			},
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
index 53ab46225f1..74312869c43 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource"
 	cmdtesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ func Example_printServiceWithLabels() {
 		NegotiatedSerializer: ns,
 		Client:               nil,
 	}
-	cmd := resource.NewCmdGet(tf, os.Stdout, os.Stderr)
+	cmd := resource.NewCmdGet(tf, genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard())
 	svc := &api.ServiceList{
 		Items: []api.Service{
 			{
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/explain.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/explain.go
index d391988e5d2..61ef8fa3f52 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/explain.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/explain.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/explain"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
 )
 
@@ -49,8 +49,20 @@ var (
 		kubectl explain pods.spec.containers`))
 )
 
+type ExplainOptions struct {
+	genericclioptions.IOStreams
+}
+
+func NewExplainOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *ExplainOptions {
+	return &ExplainOptions{
+		IOStreams: streams,
+	}
+}
+
 // NewCmdExplain returns a cobra command for swagger docs
-func NewCmdExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, out, cmdErr io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
+func NewCmdExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	o := NewExplainOptions(streams)
+
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "explain RESOURCE",
 		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
@@ -58,7 +70,7 @@ func NewCmdExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, out, cmdErr io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		Long:    explainLong + "\n\n" + cmdutil.ValidResourceTypeList(f),
 		Example: explainExamples,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			err := RunExplain(f, out, cmdErr, cmd, args)
+			err := o.RunExplain(f, cmd, args)
 			cmdutil.CheckErr(err)
 		},
 	}
@@ -68,9 +80,9 @@ func NewCmdExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, out, cmdErr io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 // RunExplain executes the appropriate steps to print a model's documentation
-func RunExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, out, cmdErr io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+func (o *ExplainOptions) RunExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(cmdErr, "You must specify the type of resource to explain. %s\n\n", cmdutil.ValidResourceTypeList(f))
+		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.")
 	}
 	if len(args) > 1 {
@@ -120,5 +132,5 @@ func RunExplain(f cmdutil.Factory, out, cmdErr io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, ar
 		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't find resource for %q", gvk)
 	}
 
-	return explain.PrintModelDescription(fieldsPath, out, schema, gvk, recursive)
+	return explain.PrintModelDescription(fieldsPath, o.Out, schema, gvk, recursive)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
index 4ed649cdb08..0cdeab70f3a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"io"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -79,18 +78,20 @@ type ExposeServiceOptions struct {
 	RecordFlags     *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 
 	Recorder genericclioptions.Recorder
+	genericclioptions.IOStreams
 }
 
-func NewExposeServiceOptions() *ExposeServiceOptions {
+func NewExposeServiceOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *ExposeServiceOptions {
 	return &ExposeServiceOptions{
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 
-		Recorder: genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
+		Recorder:  genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
+		IOStreams: streams,
 	}
 }
 
-func NewCmdExposeService(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
-	o := NewExposeServiceOptions()
+func NewCmdExposeService(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	o := NewExposeServiceOptions(streams)
 
 	validArgs := []string{}
 	resources := regexp.MustCompile(`\s*,`).Split(exposeResources, -1)
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ func NewCmdExposeService(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		Example: exposeExample,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			cmdutil.CheckErr(o.Complete(f, cmd))
-			cmdutil.CheckErr(o.RunExpose(f, out, cmd, args))
+			cmdutil.CheckErr(o.RunExpose(f, cmd, args))
 		},
 		ValidArgs:  validArgs,
 		ArgAliases: kubectl.ResourceAliases(validArgs),
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ func (o *ExposeServiceOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command) e
 	return err
 }
 
-func (o *ExposeServiceOptions) RunExpose(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+func (o *ExposeServiceOptions) RunExpose(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	namespace, enforceNamespace, err := f.DefaultNamespace()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -284,9 +285,9 @@ func (o *ExposeServiceOptions) RunExpose(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *
 		info.Refresh(object, true)
 		if cmdutil.GetDryRunFlag(cmd) {
 			if len(cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "output")) > 0 {
-				return cmdutil.PrintObject(cmd, object, out)
+				return cmdutil.PrintObject(cmd, object, o.Out)
 			}
-			cmdutil.PrintSuccess(false, out, info.Object, true, "exposed")
+			cmdutil.PrintSuccess(false, o.Out, info.Object, true, "exposed")
 			return nil
 		}
 		if err := kubectl.CreateOrUpdateAnnotation(cmdutil.GetFlagBool(cmd, cmdutil.ApplyAnnotationsFlag), info.Object, cmdutil.InternalVersionJSONEncoder()); err != nil {
@@ -300,10 +301,10 @@ func (o *ExposeServiceOptions) RunExpose(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *
 		}
 
 		if len(cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "output")) > 0 {
-			return cmdutil.PrintObject(cmd, object, out)
+			return cmdutil.PrintObject(cmd, object, o.Out)
 		}
 
-		cmdutil.PrintSuccess(false, out, info.Object, false, "exposed")
+		cmdutil.PrintSuccess(false, o.Out, info.Object, false, "exposed")
 		return nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose_test.go
index 6cfe5f6085b..212efb7aac9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 	cmdtesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 )
 
@@ -489,9 +489,9 @@ func TestRunExposeService(t *testing.T) {
 				}),
 			}
 			tf.Namespace = test.ns
-			buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-			cmd := NewCmdExposeService(tf, buf)
+			ioStreams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+			cmd := NewCmdExposeService(tf, ioStreams)
 			cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 			for flag, value := range test.flags {
 				cmd.Flags().Set(flag, value)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/BUILD
index 78ac12bae5e..927fd5f2783 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/BUILD
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/util/i18n:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi/testing:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get.go
index 832a68a7535..d488e24b7f1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"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/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
@@ -51,8 +52,6 @@ import (
 
 // GetOptions contains the input to the get command.
 type GetOptions struct {
-	Out, ErrOut io.Writer
-
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 
 	Raw       string
@@ -75,6 +74,8 @@ type GetOptions struct {
 	Export         bool
 
 	IncludeUninitialized bool
+
+	genericclioptions.IOStreams
 }
 
 var (
@@ -126,18 +127,18 @@ const (
 )
 
 // NewGetOptions returns a GetOptions with default chunk size 500.
-func NewGetOptions(out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer) *GetOptions {
+func NewGetOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *GetOptions {
 	return &GetOptions{
-		Out:       out,
-		ErrOut:    errOut,
 		ChunkSize: 500,
+
+		IOStreams: streams,
 	}
 }
 
 // NewCmdGet creates a command object for the generic "get" action, which
 // retrieves one or more resources from a server.
-func NewCmdGet(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
-	options := NewGetOptions(out, errOut)
+func NewCmdGet(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	options := NewGetOptions(streams)
 	validArgs := cmdutil.ValidArgList(f)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get_test.go
index 656536ca361..7a4f0fc71a8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource/get_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import (
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi"
 	openapitesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/openapi/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 )
 
@@ -211,10 +212,8 @@ func TestGetUnknownSchemaObject(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected conversion of unstructured object to structured: %s", diff.ObjectReflectDiff(convertedObj, obj))
 	}
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"type", "foo"})
 
@@ -254,10 +253,9 @@ func TestGetSchemaObject(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"replicationcontrollers", "foo"})
 
 	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "foo") {
@@ -280,10 +278,9 @@ func TestGetObjectsWithOpenAPIOutputFormatPresent(t *testing.T) {
 		Resp:                 &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Header: defaultHeader(), Body: objBody(codec, &pods.Items[0])},
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set(useOpenAPIPrintColumnFlagLabel, "true")
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods", "foo"})
@@ -335,10 +332,9 @@ func TestGetObjects(t *testing.T) {
 		Resp:                 &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Header: defaultHeader(), Body: objBody(codec, &pods.Items[0])},
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods", "foo"})
 
@@ -384,10 +380,9 @@ func TestGetObjectIgnoreNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("ignore-not-found", "true")
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", "yaml")
@@ -430,10 +425,8 @@ func TestGetSortedObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = &restclient.Config{ContentConfig: restclient.ContentConfig{GroupVersion: &schema.GroupVersion{Version: "v1"}}}
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	// sorting with metedata.name
@@ -462,10 +455,9 @@ func TestGetObjectsIdentifiedByFile(t *testing.T) {
 		Resp:                 &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Header: defaultHeader(), Body: objBody(codec, &pods.Items[0])},
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("filename", "../../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/statefulset/cassandra/controller.yaml")
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{})
@@ -490,10 +482,9 @@ func TestGetListObjects(t *testing.T) {
 		Resp:                 &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Header: defaultHeader(), Body: objBody(codec, pods)},
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods"})
 
@@ -518,10 +509,9 @@ func TestGetAllListObjects(t *testing.T) {
 		Resp:                 &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Header: defaultHeader(), Body: objBody(codec, pods)},
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("show-all", "true")
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods"})
@@ -547,10 +537,9 @@ func TestGetListComponentStatus(t *testing.T) {
 		Resp:                 &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Header: defaultHeader(), Body: objBody(codec, statuses)},
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"componentstatuses"})
 
@@ -598,10 +587,9 @@ func TestGetMixedGenericObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", "json")
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods"})
@@ -650,10 +638,9 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjects(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"pods,services"})
 
@@ -691,10 +678,9 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsAsList(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", "json")
@@ -796,10 +782,9 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsWithLabelSelector(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("selector", "a=b")
@@ -841,10 +826,9 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsWithFieldSelector(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("field-selector", "a=b")
@@ -888,10 +872,9 @@ func TestGetMultipleTypeObjectsWithDirectReference(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{"services/bar", "node/foo"})
@@ -918,10 +901,9 @@ func TestGetByFormatForcesFlag(t *testing.T) {
 		Resp:                 &http.Response{StatusCode: 200, Header: defaultHeader(), Body: objBody(codec, &pods.Items[0])},
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Lookup("output").Value.Set("yaml")
 	cmd.Flags().Set("show-all", "false")
@@ -1035,10 +1017,9 @@ func TestWatchLabelSelector(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch", "true")
@@ -1088,10 +1069,9 @@ func TestWatchFieldSelector(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch", "true")
@@ -1135,10 +1115,9 @@ func TestWatchResource(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch", "true")
@@ -1180,10 +1159,9 @@ func TestWatchResourceIdentifiedByFile(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch", "true")
@@ -1226,10 +1204,9 @@ func TestWatchOnlyResource(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch-only", "true")
@@ -1273,10 +1250,9 @@ func TestWatchOnlyList(t *testing.T) {
 		}),
 	}
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, buf, errBuf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdGet(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 
 	cmd.Flags().Set("watch-only", "true")
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go
index 55ad213a74c..95a0a42e7ab 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run.go
@@ -118,12 +118,10 @@ type RunOptions struct {
 	Schedule       string
 	TTY            bool
 
-	In     io.Reader
-	Out    io.Writer
-	ErrOut io.Writer
+	genericclioptions.IOStreams
 }
 
-func NewRunOptions(in io.Reader, out, errOut io.Writer) *RunOptions {
+func NewRunOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *RunOptions {
 	return &RunOptions{
 		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("created"),
 		DeleteFlags: NewDeleteFlags("to use to replace the resource."),
@@ -131,14 +129,12 @@ func NewRunOptions(in io.Reader, out, errOut io.Writer) *RunOptions {
 
 		Recorder: genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
 
-		In:     in,
-		Out:    out,
-		ErrOut: errOut,
+		IOStreams: streams,
 	}
 }
 
-func NewCmdRun(f cmdutil.Factory, in io.Reader, out, errOut io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
-	o := NewRunOptions(in, out, errOut)
+func NewCmdRun(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	o := NewRunOptions(streams)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "run NAME --image=image [--env=\"key=value\"] [--port=port] [--replicas=replicas] [--dry-run=bool] [--overrides=inline-json] [--command] -- [COMMAND] [args...]",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run_test.go
index 91760139913..6d65d0d5d07 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/run_test.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestRunArgsFollowDashRules(t *testing.T) {
 			tf.Namespace = "test"
 			tf.ClientConfigVal = &restclient.Config{}
 
-			cmd := NewCmdRun(tf, os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr)
+			cmd := NewCmdRun(tf, genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard())
 			cmd.Flags().Set("image", "nginx")
 			cmd.Flags().Set("generator", "run/v1")
 
@@ -210,9 +210,7 @@ func TestRunArgsFollowDashRules(t *testing.T) {
 				PrintFlags:    printFlags,
 				DeleteOptions: deleteFlags.ToOptions(os.Stdout, os.Stderr),
 
-				In:     os.Stdin,
-				Out:    os.Stdout,
-				ErrOut: os.Stderr,
+				IOStreams: genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard(),
 
 				Image:     "nginx",
 				Generator: "run/v1",
@@ -375,14 +373,13 @@ func TestGenerateService(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 
+			ioStreams, _, buff, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
 			deleteFlags := NewDeleteFlags("to use to replace the resource.")
-			buff := &bytes.Buffer{}
 			opts := &RunOptions{
 				PrintFlags:    printFlags,
 				DeleteOptions: deleteFlags.ToOptions(os.Stdout, os.Stderr),
 
-				Out:    buff,
-				ErrOut: buff,
+				IOStreams: ioStreams,
 
 				Port:     test.port,
 				Recorder: genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
@@ -519,19 +516,17 @@ func TestRunValidations(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			tf.Namespace = "test"
 			tf.ClientConfigVal = defaultClientConfig()
-			inBuf := bytes.NewReader([]byte{})
-			outBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-			errBuf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 
-			cmd := NewCmdRun(tf, inBuf, outBuf, errBuf)
+			streams, _, _, bufErr := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+			cmd := NewCmdRun(tf, streams)
 			for flagName, flagValue := range test.flags {
 				cmd.Flags().Set(flagName, flagValue)
 			}
 			cmd.Run(cmd, test.args)
 
 			var err error
-			if errBuf.Len() > 0 {
-				err = fmt.Errorf("%v", errBuf.String())
+			if bufErr.Len() > 0 {
+				err = fmt.Errorf("%v", bufErr.String())
 			}
 			if err != nil && len(test.expectedErr) > 0 {
 				if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), test.expectedErr) {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/BUILD
index 0181e2d0f58..bdde3d4ce8b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/BUILD
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/apis/rbac:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/resource:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubectl/scheme:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set.go
index dfc69c1049d..f0864fc334d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set.go
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package set
 
 import (
-	"io"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
 )
 
@@ -32,22 +31,22 @@ var (
 		These commands help you make changes to existing application resources.`)
 )
 
-func NewCmdSet(f cmdutil.Factory, in io.Reader, out, err io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
+func NewCmdSet(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "set SUBCOMMAND",
 		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
 		Short: i18n.T("Set specific features on objects"),
 		Long:  set_long,
-		Run:   cmdutil.DefaultSubCommandRun(err),
+		Run:   cmdutil.DefaultSubCommandRun(streams.ErrOut),
 	}
 
 	// add subcommands
-	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdImage(f, out, err))
-	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdResources(f, out, err))
-	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdSelector(f, out))
-	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdSubject(f, out, err))
-	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdServiceAccount(f, out, err))
-	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdEnv(f, in, out, err))
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdImage(f, streams))
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdResources(f, streams))
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdSelector(f, streams))
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdSubject(f, streams))
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdServiceAccount(f, streams))
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmdEnv(f, streams))
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_env.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_env.go
index b4e0e507104..837ba77e388 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_env.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_env.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package set
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 
 	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ var (
 type EnvOptions struct {
 	PrintFlags *printers.PrintFlags
 
-	Out io.Writer
-	Err io.Writer
-	In  io.Reader
-
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 	EnvParams []string
 	EnvArgs   []string
@@ -123,25 +119,26 @@ type EnvOptions struct {
 	Infos   []*resource.Info
 
 	UpdatePodSpecForObject func(obj runtime.Object, fn func(*v1.PodSpec) error) (bool, error)
+
+	genericclioptions.IOStreams
 }
 
 // NewEnvOptions returns an EnvOptions indicating all containers in the selected
 // pod templates are selected by default and allowing environment to be overwritten
-func NewEnvOptions(in io.Reader, out, errout io.Writer) *EnvOptions {
+func NewEnvOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *EnvOptions {
 	return &EnvOptions{
 		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("env updated"),
 
-		Out:               out,
-		Err:               errout,
-		In:                in,
 		ContainerSelector: "*",
 		Overwrite:         true,
+
+		IOStreams: streams,
 	}
 }
 
 // NewCmdEnv implements the OpenShift cli env command
-func NewCmdEnv(f cmdutil.Factory, in io.Reader, out, errout io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
-	options := NewEnvOptions(in, out, errout)
+func NewCmdEnv(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	options := NewEnvOptions(streams)
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "env RESOURCE/NAME KEY_1=VAL_1 ... KEY_N=VAL_N",
 		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
@@ -346,7 +343,7 @@ func (o *EnvOptions) RunEnv(f cmdutil.Factory) error {
 			resolutionErrorsEncountered := false
 			containers, _ := selectContainers(spec.Containers, o.ContainerSelector)
 			if len(containers) == 0 {
-				fmt.Fprintf(o.Err, "warning: %s/%s does not have any containers matching %q\n", info.Mapping.Resource, info.Name, o.ContainerSelector)
+				fmt.Fprintf(o.ErrOut, "warning: %s/%s does not have any containers matching %q\n", info.Mapping.Resource, info.Name, o.ContainerSelector)
 				return nil
 			}
 			for _, c := range containers {
@@ -397,7 +394,7 @@ func (o *EnvOptions) RunEnv(f cmdutil.Factory) error {
 					}
 					sort.Strings(errs)
 					for _, err := range errs {
-						fmt.Fprintln(o.Err, err)
+						fmt.Fprintln(o.ErrOut, err)
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_env_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_env_test.go
index 2495f6394fa..8dbfa0efa16 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_env_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_env_test.go
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 package set
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -43,6 +41,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
 	cmdtesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 )
@@ -65,8 +64,8 @@ func TestSetEnvLocal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	outputFormat := "name"
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdEnv(tf, os.Stdin, buf, buf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdEnv(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
@@ -80,8 +79,8 @@ func TestSetEnvLocal(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		FilenameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/statefulset/cassandra/controller.yaml"}},
-		Out:   buf,
-		Local: true,
+		Local:     true,
+		IOStreams: streams,
 	}
 	err := opts.Complete(tf, cmd, []string{"env=prod"})
 	if err == nil {
@@ -114,8 +113,8 @@ func TestSetMultiResourcesEnvLocal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	outputFormat := "name"
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdEnv(tf, os.Stdin, buf, buf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdEnv(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
@@ -129,8 +128,8 @@ func TestSetMultiResourcesEnvLocal(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		FilenameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/multi-resource-yaml.yaml"}},
-		Out:   buf,
-		Local: true,
+		Local:     true,
+		IOStreams: streams,
 	}
 	err := opts.Complete(tf, cmd, []string{"env=prod"})
 	if err == nil {
@@ -507,9 +506,8 @@ func TestSetEnvRemote(t *testing.T) {
 
 			outputFormat := "yaml"
 
-			out := new(bytes.Buffer)
-			cmd := NewCmdEnv(tf, out, out, out)
-			cmd.SetOutput(out)
+			streams := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard()
+			cmd := NewCmdEnv(tf, streams)
 			cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 			opts := EnvOptions{
 				PrintFlags: &printers.PrintFlags{
@@ -518,8 +516,9 @@ func TestSetEnvRemote(t *testing.T) {
 
 					OutputFormat: &outputFormat,
 				},
-				Out:   out,
-				Local: false}
+				Local:     false,
+				IOStreams: streams,
+			}
 			err := opts.Complete(tf, cmd, input.args)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			err = opts.RunEnv(tf)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_image.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_image.go
index 70e578e331c..8387584bdef 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_image.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_image.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package set
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ type SetImageOptions struct {
 
 	Infos        []*resource.Info
 	Selector     string
-	Out          io.Writer
-	Err          io.Writer
 	DryRun       bool
 	All          bool
 	Output       string
@@ -59,6 +56,8 @@ type SetImageOptions struct {
 	UpdatePodSpecForObject func(obj runtime.Object, fn func(*v1.PodSpec) error) (bool, error)
 	Resources              []string
 	ContainerImages        map[string]string
+
+	genericclioptions.IOStreams
 }
 
 var (
@@ -85,20 +84,19 @@ var (
 		kubectl set image -f path/to/file.yaml nginx=nginx:1.9.1 --local -o yaml`)
 )
 
-func NewImageOptions(out, errOut io.Writer) *SetImageOptions {
+func NewImageOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *SetImageOptions {
 	return &SetImageOptions{
 		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("image updated"),
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 
 		Recorder: genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
 
-		Out: out,
-		Err: errOut,
+		IOStreams: streams,
 	}
 }
 
-func NewCmdImage(f cmdutil.Factory, out, errOut io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
-	o := NewImageOptions(out, errOut)
+func NewCmdImage(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	o := NewImageOptions(streams)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "image (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME) CONTAINER_NAME_1=CONTAINER_IMAGE_1 ... CONTAINER_NAME_N=CONTAINER_IMAGE_N",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_image_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_image_test.go
index c5967f72e98..44e10871b07 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_image_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_image_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package set
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
 	cmdtesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 )
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ func TestImageLocal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	outputFormat := "name"
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdImage(tf, buf, buf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdImage(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ func TestImageLocal(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		FilenameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/statefulset/cassandra/controller.yaml"}},
-		Out:   buf,
-		Local: true}
+		Local:     true,
+		IOStreams: streams,
+	}
 	err := opts.Complete(tf, cmd, []string{"cassandra=thingy"})
 	if err == nil {
 		err = opts.Validate()
@@ -187,8 +188,8 @@ func TestSetMultiResourcesImageLocal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	outputFormat := "name"
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdImage(tf, buf, buf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdImage(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
@@ -202,8 +203,9 @@ func TestSetMultiResourcesImageLocal(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		FilenameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/multi-resource-yaml.yaml"}},
-		Out:   buf,
-		Local: true}
+		Local:     true,
+		IOStreams: streams,
+	}
 	err := opts.Complete(tf, cmd, []string{"*=thingy"})
 	if err == nil {
 		err = opts.Validate()
@@ -583,9 +585,8 @@ func TestSetImageRemote(t *testing.T) {
 
 			outputFormat := "yaml"
 
-			out := new(bytes.Buffer)
-			cmd := NewCmdImage(tf, out, out)
-			cmd.SetOutput(out)
+			streams := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard()
+			cmd := NewCmdImage(tf, streams)
 			cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 			opts := SetImageOptions{
 				PrintFlags: &printers.PrintFlags{
@@ -595,8 +596,9 @@ func TestSetImageRemote(t *testing.T) {
 					OutputFormat: &outputFormat,
 				},
 
-				Out:   out,
-				Local: false}
+				Local:     false,
+				IOStreams: streams,
+			}
 			err := opts.Complete(tf, cmd, input.args)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			err = opts.Run()
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_resources.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_resources.go
index 3fbb18f00a7..d3b635c373b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_resources.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_resources.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package set
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
@@ -69,8 +68,6 @@ type SetResourcesOptions struct {
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 
 	Infos             []*resource.Info
-	Out               io.Writer
-	Err               io.Writer
 	Selector          string
 	ContainerSelector string
 	Output            string
@@ -88,25 +85,27 @@ type SetResourcesOptions struct {
 
 	UpdatePodSpecForObject func(obj runtime.Object, fn func(*v1.PodSpec) error) (bool, error)
 	Resources              []string
+
+	genericclioptions.IOStreams
 }
 
 // NewResourcesOptions returns a ResourcesOptions indicating all containers in the selected
 // pod templates are selected by default.
-func NewResourcesOptions(out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer) *SetResourcesOptions {
+func NewResourcesOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *SetResourcesOptions {
 	return &SetResourcesOptions{
 		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("resource requirements updated"),
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 
 		Recorder: genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
 
-		Out:               out,
-		Err:               errOut,
 		ContainerSelector: "*",
+
+		IOStreams: streams,
 	}
 }
 
-func NewCmdResources(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
-	o := NewResourcesOptions(out, errOut)
+func NewCmdResources(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	o := NewResourcesOptions(streams)
 
 	resourceTypesWithPodTemplate := []string{}
 	for _, resource := range f.SuggestedPodTemplateResources() {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_resources_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_resources_test.go
index 0b9fde4cfa4..1e5ec98c273 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_resources_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_resources_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package set
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
 	cmdtesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 )
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ func TestResourcesLocal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	outputFormat := "name"
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdResources(tf, buf, buf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdResources(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ func TestResourcesLocal(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		FilenameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/statefulset/cassandra/controller.yaml"}},
-		Out:               buf,
 		Local:             true,
 		Limits:            "cpu=200m,memory=512Mi",
 		Requests:          "cpu=200m,memory=512Mi",
-		ContainerSelector: "*"}
+		ContainerSelector: "*",
+		IOStreams:         streams,
+	}
 
 	err := opts.Complete(tf, cmd, []string{})
 	if err == nil {
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ func TestSetMultiResourcesLimitsLocal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	outputFormat := "name"
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdResources(tf, buf, buf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdResources(tf, streams)
 	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
@@ -133,11 +134,12 @@ func TestSetMultiResourcesLimitsLocal(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		FilenameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/multi-resource-yaml.yaml"}},
-		Out:               buf,
 		Local:             true,
 		Limits:            "cpu=200m,memory=512Mi",
 		Requests:          "cpu=200m,memory=512Mi",
-		ContainerSelector: "*"}
+		ContainerSelector: "*",
+		IOStreams:         streams,
+	}
 
 	err := opts.Complete(tf, cmd, []string{})
 	if err == nil {
@@ -501,9 +503,8 @@ func TestSetResourcesRemote(t *testing.T) {
 
 			outputFormat := "yaml"
 
-			buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-			cmd := NewCmdResources(tf, buf, buf)
-			cmd.SetOutput(buf)
+			streams := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard()
+			cmd := NewCmdResources(tf, streams)
 			cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 			opts := SetResourcesOptions{
 				PrintFlags: &printers.PrintFlags{
@@ -513,9 +514,10 @@ func TestSetResourcesRemote(t *testing.T) {
 					OutputFormat: &outputFormat,
 				},
 
-				Out:               buf,
 				Limits:            "cpu=200m,memory=512Mi",
-				ContainerSelector: "*"}
+				ContainerSelector: "*",
+				IOStreams:         streams,
+			}
 			err := opts.Complete(tf, cmd, input.args)
 			if err == nil {
 				err = opts.Validate()
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_selector.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_selector.go
index 1fb92ac3080..cc09ca728af 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_selector.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_selector.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package set
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ type SetSelectorOptions struct {
 	resources []string
 	selector  *metav1.LabelSelector
 
-	out              io.Writer
 	ClientForMapping func(mapping *meta.RESTMapping) (resource.RESTClient, error)
 
 	PrintObj printers.ResourcePrinterFunc
@@ -61,6 +59,8 @@ type SetSelectorOptions struct {
 
 	builder *resource.Builder
 	mapper  meta.RESTMapper
+
+	genericclioptions.IOStreams
 }
 
 var (
@@ -77,20 +77,20 @@ var (
         kubectl create deployment my-dep -o yaml --dry-run | kubectl label --local -f - environment=qa -o yaml | kubectl create -f -`)
 )
 
-func NewSelectorOptions(out io.Writer) *SetSelectorOptions {
+func NewSelectorOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *SetSelectorOptions {
 	return &SetSelectorOptions{
 		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("selector updated"),
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 
 		Recorder: genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
 
-		out: out,
+		IOStreams: streams,
 	}
 }
 
 // NewCmdSelector is the "set selector" command.
-func NewCmdSelector(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
-	o := NewSelectorOptions(out)
+func NewCmdSelector(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	o := NewSelectorOptions(streams)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "selector (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME) EXPRESSIONS [--resource-version=version]",
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func (o *SetSelectorOptions) RunSelector() error {
 			return patch.Err
 		}
 		if o.local || o.dryrun {
-			return o.PrintObj(info.Object, o.out)
+			return o.PrintObj(info.Object, o.Out)
 		}
 
 		patched, err := resource.NewHelper(info.Client, info.Mapping).Patch(info.Namespace, info.Name, types.StrategicMergePatchType, patch.Patch)
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func (o *SetSelectorOptions) RunSelector() error {
 		}
 
 		info.Refresh(patched, true)
-		return o.PrintObj(patch.Info.AsVersioned(), o.out)
+		return o.PrintObj(patch.Info.AsVersioned(), o.Out)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_selector_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_selector_test.go
index 15dba1a947c..dfcd28aae0f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_selector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_selector_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package set
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ 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"
 )
 
 func TestUpdateSelectorForObjectTypes(t *testing.T) {
@@ -331,9 +331,8 @@ func TestSelectorTest(t *testing.T) {
 	tf.Namespace = "test"
 	tf.ClientConfigVal = &restclient.Config{ContentConfig: restclient.ContentConfig{GroupVersion: &schema.GroupVersion{Version: ""}}}
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdSelector(tf, buf)
-	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdSelector(tf, streams)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", "name")
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
 	cmd.Flags().Set("filename", "../../../../test/e2e/testing-manifests/statefulset/cassandra/service.yaml")
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_serviceaccount.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_serviceaccount.go
index 5723c943a32..91599acca91 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_serviceaccount.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_serviceaccount.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package set
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
 
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ type SetServiceAccountOptions struct {
 	RecordFlags *genericclioptions.RecordFlags
 
 	fileNameOptions        resource.FilenameOptions
-	out                    io.Writer
-	err                    io.Writer
 	dryRun                 bool
 	shortOutput            bool
 	all                    bool
@@ -75,23 +72,24 @@ type SetServiceAccountOptions struct {
 
 	PrintObj printers.ResourcePrinterFunc
 	Recorder genericclioptions.Recorder
+
+	genericclioptions.IOStreams
 }
 
-func NewSetServiceAccountOptions(out, errOut io.Writer) *SetServiceAccountOptions {
+func NewSetServiceAccountOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *SetServiceAccountOptions {
 	return &SetServiceAccountOptions{
 		PrintFlags:  printers.NewPrintFlags("serviceaccount updated"),
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
 
 		Recorder: genericclioptions.NoopRecorder{},
 
-		out: out,
-		err: errOut,
+		IOStreams: streams,
 	}
 }
 
 // NewCmdServiceAccount returns the "set serviceaccount" command.
-func NewCmdServiceAccount(f cmdutil.Factory, out, errOut io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
-	o := NewSetServiceAccountOptions(out, errOut)
+func NewCmdServiceAccount(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	o := NewSetServiceAccountOptions(streams)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "serviceaccount (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME) SERVICE_ACCOUNT",
@@ -199,7 +197,7 @@ func (o *SetServiceAccountOptions) Run() error {
 			continue
 		}
 		if o.local || o.dryRun {
-			if err := o.PrintObj(patch.Info.AsVersioned(), o.out); err != nil {
+			if err := o.PrintObj(patch.Info.AsVersioned(), o.Out); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			continue
@@ -211,7 +209,7 @@ func (o *SetServiceAccountOptions) Run() error {
 		}
 		info.Refresh(patched, true)
 
-		if err := o.PrintObj(info.AsVersioned(), o.out); err != nil {
+		if err := o.PrintObj(info.AsVersioned(), o.Out); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_serviceaccount_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_serviceaccount_test.go
index 6b0ddb3a862..2fa9b7784e5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_serviceaccount_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_serviceaccount_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
 	cmdtesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
 )
@@ -83,9 +84,8 @@ func TestSetServiceAccountLocal(t *testing.T) {
 			outputFormat := "yaml"
 
 			tf.Namespace = "test"
-			out := new(bytes.Buffer)
-			cmd := NewCmdServiceAccount(tf, out, out)
-			cmd.SetOutput(out)
+			streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+			cmd := NewCmdServiceAccount(tf, streams)
 			cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 			cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
 			testapi.Default = testapi.Groups[input.apiGroup]
@@ -98,13 +98,14 @@ func TestSetServiceAccountLocal(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				fileNameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 					Filenames: []string{input.yaml}},
-				out:   out,
-				local: true}
+				local:     true,
+				IOStreams: streams,
+			}
 			err := saConfig.Complete(tf, cmd, []string{serviceAccount})
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			err = saConfig.Run()
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Contains(t, out.String(), "serviceAccountName: "+serviceAccount, fmt.Sprintf("serviceaccount not updated for %s", input.yaml))
+			assert.Contains(t, buf.String(), "serviceAccountName: "+serviceAccount, fmt.Sprintf("serviceaccount not updated for %s", input.yaml))
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -128,9 +129,8 @@ func TestSetServiceAccountMultiLocal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	outputFormat := "name"
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	cmd := NewCmdServiceAccount(tf, buf, buf)
-	cmd.SetOutput(buf)
+	streams, _, buf, _ := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreams()
+	cmd := NewCmdServiceAccount(tf, streams)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 	cmd.Flags().Set("local", "true")
 	opts := SetServiceAccountOptions{
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ func TestSetServiceAccountMultiLocal(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		fileNameOptions: resource.FilenameOptions{
 			Filenames: []string{"../../../../test/fixtures/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/multi-resource-yaml.yaml"}},
-		out:   buf,
-		local: true}
+		local:     true,
+		IOStreams: streams,
+	}
 
 	err := opts.Complete(tf, cmd, []string{serviceAccount})
 	if err == nil {
@@ -373,9 +374,8 @@ func TestSetServiceAccountRemote(t *testing.T) {
 
 			outputFormat := "yaml"
 
-			out := new(bytes.Buffer)
-			cmd := NewCmdServiceAccount(tf, out, out)
-			cmd.SetOutput(out)
+			streams := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard()
+			cmd := NewCmdServiceAccount(tf, streams)
 			cmd.Flags().Set("output", outputFormat)
 			saConfig := SetServiceAccountOptions{
 				PrintFlags: &printers.PrintFlags{
@@ -385,8 +385,9 @@ func TestSetServiceAccountRemote(t *testing.T) {
 					OutputFormat: &outputFormat,
 				},
 
-				out:   out,
-				local: false}
+				local:     false,
+				IOStreams: streams,
+			}
 			err := saConfig.Complete(tf, cmd, input.args)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			err = saConfig.Run()
@@ -420,9 +421,8 @@ func TestServiceAccountValidation(t *testing.T) {
 			outputFormat := ""
 
 			tf.Namespace = "test"
-			out := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-			cmd := NewCmdServiceAccount(tf, out, out)
-			cmd.SetOutput(out)
+			streams := genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard()
+			cmd := NewCmdServiceAccount(tf, streams)
 
 			saConfig := &SetServiceAccountOptions{
 				PrintFlags: &printers.PrintFlags{
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ func TestServiceAccountValidation(t *testing.T) {
 
 					OutputFormat: &outputFormat,
 				},
+				IOStreams: streams,
 			}
 			err := saConfig.Complete(tf, cmd, input.args)
 			assert.EqualError(t, err, input.errorString)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_subject.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_subject.go
index 6e996b49306..5a976b7cc44 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_subject.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_subject.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package set
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/rbac"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/templates"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/resource"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/util/i18n"
 )
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ type SubjectOptions struct {
 	resource.FilenameOptions
 
 	Infos             []*resource.Info
-	Out               io.Writer
-	Err               io.Writer
 	Selector          string
 	ContainerSelector string
 	Output            string
@@ -75,15 +73,20 @@ type SubjectOptions struct {
 	ServiceAccounts []string
 
 	PrintObj printers.ResourcePrinterFunc
+
+	genericclioptions.IOStreams
 }
 
-func NewCmdSubject(f cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
-	options := &SubjectOptions{
+func NewSubjectOptions(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *SubjectOptions {
+	return &SubjectOptions{
 		PrintFlags: printers.NewPrintFlags("subjects updated"),
 
-		Out: out,
-		Err: errOut,
+		IOStreams: streams,
 	}
+}
+
+func NewCmdSubject(f cmdutil.Factory, streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
+	options := NewSubjectOptions(streams)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "subject (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME) [--user=username] [--group=groupname] [--serviceaccount=namespace:serviceaccountname] [--dry-run]",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_test.go
index 1c7b42db060..7432a49bf76 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/set/set_test.go
@@ -17,20 +17,17 @@ limitations under the License.
 package set
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	clientcmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
-	"os"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 )
 
 func TestLocalAndDryRunFlags(t *testing.T) {
-	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	errout := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	f := clientcmdutil.NewFactory(nil)
-	setCmd := NewCmdSet(f, os.Stdin, out, errout)
+	setCmd := NewCmdSet(f, genericclioptions.NewTestIOStreamsDiscard())
 	ensureLocalAndDryRunFlagsOnChildren(t, setCmd, "")
 }