diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
index 85f65080e1e..d40dce2fd63 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe.go
@@ -4078,7 +4078,7 @@ func (list SortableVolumeDevices) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	return list[i].DevicePath < list[j].DevicePath
 }
 
-var maxAnnotationLen = 200
+var maxAnnotationLen = 140
 
 // printAnnotationsMultilineWithFilter prints filtered multiple annotations with a proper alignment.
 func printAnnotationsMultilineWithFilter(w PrefixWriter, title string, annotations map[string]string, skip sets.String) {
@@ -4114,18 +4114,27 @@ func printAnnotationsMultilineWithIndent(w PrefixWriter, initialIndent, title, i
 		return
 	}
 	sort.Strings(keys)
-
+	indent := initialIndent + innerIndent
 	for i, key := range keys {
 		if i != 0 {
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, initialIndent)
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, innerIndent)
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, indent)
 		}
-		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", key, annotations[key])
-		if len(line) > maxAnnotationLen {
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s...\n", line[:maxAnnotationLen])
+		value := strings.TrimSuffix(annotations[key], "\n")
+		if (len(value)+len(key)+2) > maxAnnotationLen || strings.Contains(value, "\n") {
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s:\n", key)
+			for _, s := range strings.Split(value, "\n") {
+				w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s  %s\n", indent, shorten(s, maxAnnotationLen-2))
+			}
 		} else {
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s\n", line)
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "%s: %s\n", key, value)
 		}
 		i++
 	}
 }
+
+func shorten(s string, maxLength int) string {
+	if len(s) > maxLength {
+		return s[:maxLength] + "..."
+	}
+	return s
+}
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go
index bedf021f229..7ad5cea385a 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/describe_test.go
@@ -2144,22 +2144,31 @@ func TestDescribeEvents(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPrintLabelsMultiline(t *testing.T) {
-	var maxLenAnnotationStr string = "MaxLenAnnotation=Multicast addressing can be used in the link layer (Layer 2 in the OSI model), such as Ethernet multicast, and at the internet layer (Layer 3 for OSI) for Internet Protocol Version 4 "
+	key := "MaxLenAnnotation"
+	value := strings.Repeat("a", maxAnnotationLen-len(key)-2)
 	testCases := []struct {
 		annotations map[string]string
 		expectPrint string
 	}{
 		{
 			annotations: map[string]string{"col1": "asd", "COL2": "zxc"},
-			expectPrint: "Annotations:\tCOL2=zxc\n\tcol1=asd\n",
+			expectPrint: "Annotations:\tCOL2: zxc\n\tcol1: asd\n",
 		},
 		{
-			annotations: map[string]string{"MaxLenAnnotation": maxLenAnnotationStr[17:]},
-			expectPrint: "Annotations:\t" + maxLenAnnotationStr + "\n",
+			annotations: map[string]string{"MaxLenAnnotation": value},
+			expectPrint: fmt.Sprintf("Annotations:\t%s: %s\n", key, value),
 		},
 		{
-			annotations: map[string]string{"MaxLenAnnotation": maxLenAnnotationStr[17:] + "1"},
-			expectPrint: "Annotations:\t" + maxLenAnnotationStr + "...\n",
+			annotations: map[string]string{"MaxLenAnnotation": value + "1"},
+			expectPrint: fmt.Sprintf("Annotations:\t%s:\n\t  %s\n", key, value+"1"),
+		},
+		{
+			annotations: map[string]string{"MaxLenAnnotation": value + value},
+			expectPrint: fmt.Sprintf("Annotations:\t%s:\n\t  %s\n", key, strings.Repeat("a", maxAnnotationLen-2)+"..."),
+		},
+		{
+			annotations: map[string]string{"key": "value\nwith\nnewlines\n"},
+			expectPrint: "Annotations:\tkey:\n\t  value\n\t  with\n\t  newlines\n",
 		},
 		{
 			annotations: map[string]string{},
@@ -2167,13 +2176,13 @@ func TestPrintLabelsMultiline(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
-		t.Run(testCase.expectPrint, func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
 			out := new(bytes.Buffer)
 			writer := NewPrefixWriter(out)
 			printAnnotationsMultiline(writer, "Annotations", testCase.annotations)
 			output := out.String()
 			if output != testCase.expectPrint {
-				t.Errorf("Test case %d: expected to find %q in output: %q", i, testCase.expectPrint, output)
+				t.Errorf("Test case %d: expected to match:\n%q\nin output:\n%q", i, testCase.expectPrint, output)
 			}
 		})
 	}