diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go
index 7e82e4138d5..af8759749ba 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go
@@ -1549,8 +1549,11 @@ func describePersistentVolumeClaim(pvc *corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim, events *co
 		}
 		if pvc.Spec.DataSource != nil {
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "DataSource:\n")
-			w.Write(LEVEL_1, "Name:\t%v\n", pvc.Spec.DataSource.Name)
+			if pvc.Spec.DataSource.APIGroup != nil {
+				w.Write(LEVEL_1, "APIGroup:\t%v\n", *pvc.Spec.DataSource.APIGroup)
+			}
 			w.Write(LEVEL_1, "Kind:\t%v\n", pvc.Spec.DataSource.Kind)
+			w.Write(LEVEL_1, "Name:\t%v\n", pvc.Spec.DataSource.Name)
 		}
 		printPodsMultiline(w, "Mounted By", mountPods)
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
index c3ad72b1588..49ddfa6f30d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ func TestPersistentVolumeClaimDescriber(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Status: corev1.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{},
 			},
-			expectedElements: []string{"\nDataSource:\n  Name:      srcpvc\n  Kind:      PersistentVolumeClaim"},
+			expectedElements: []string{"\nDataSource:\n  Kind:      PersistentVolumeClaim\n  Name:      srcpvc"},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "snapshot-datasource",
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ func TestPersistentVolumeClaimDescriber(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Status: corev1.PersistentVolumeClaimStatus{},
 			},
-			expectedElements: []string{"DataSource:\n  Name:      src-snapshot\n  Kind:      VolumeSnapshot\n"},
+			expectedElements: []string{"DataSource:\n  APIGroup:  snapshot.storage.k8s.io\n  Kind:      VolumeSnapshot\n  Name:      src-snapshot\n"},
 		},
 	}