diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD
index 966c653ea61..310cf280137 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/BUILD
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/api/validation:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/apis/extensions:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/client/restclient:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor:github.com/golang/glog",
         "//vendor:golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode",
         "//vendor:golang.org/x/text/transform",
         "//vendor:k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/result.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/result.go
index 5ef9380e68f..f48cc7571e4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/result.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/result.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apimachinery/registered"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -229,6 +231,15 @@ func AsVersionedObject(infos []*Info, forceList bool, version schema.GroupVersio
 		}
 		object = converted
 	}
+
+	actualVersion := object.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind()
+	if actualVersion.Version != version.Version {
+		defaultVersionInfo := ""
+		if len(actualVersion.Version) > 0 {
+			defaultVersionInfo = fmt.Sprintf("Defaulting to %q", actualVersion.Version)
+		}
+		glog.V(1).Infof("info: the output version specified is invalid. %s\n", defaultVersionInfo)
+	}
 	return object, nil
 }