diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
index 60d48603000..c876dd1271c 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
@@ -1224,10 +1224,15 @@ func describePersistentVolumeClaim(pvc *api.PersistentVolumeClaim, events *api.E
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Name:\t%s\n", pvc.Name)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Namespace:\t%s\n", pvc.Namespace)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "StorageClass:\t%s\n", helper.GetPersistentVolumeClaimClass(pvc))
-		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\t%v\n", pvc.Status.Phase)
+		if pvc.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\tTerminating (since %s)\n", pvc.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp.Time.Format(time.RFC1123Z))
+		} else {
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\t%v\n", pvc.Status.Phase)
+		}
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Volume:\t%s\n", pvc.Spec.VolumeName)
 		printLabelsMultiline(w, "Labels", pvc.Labels)
 		printAnnotationsMultiline(w, "Annotations", pvc.Annotations)
+		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Finalizers:\t%v\n", pvc.ObjectMeta.Finalizers)
 		storage := pvc.Spec.Resources.Requests[api.ResourceStorage]
 		capacity := ""
 		accessModes := ""
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
index 2c52c5e22fe..0b8d1b19216 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
@@ -1226,6 +1226,10 @@ func printPersistentVolumeClaim(obj *api.PersistentVolumeClaim, options printers
 	}
 
 	phase := obj.Status.Phase
+	if obj.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
+		phase = "Terminating"
+	}
+
 	storage := obj.Spec.Resources.Requests[api.ResourceStorage]
 	capacity := ""
 	accessModes := ""