diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
index 038a7d37b82..d7901926cf6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
@@ -4140,13 +4140,16 @@ func DescribeEvents(el *corev1.EventList, w PrefixWriter) {
 	w.Write(LEVEL_1, "----\t------\t----\t----\t-------\n")
 	for _, e := range el.Items {
 		var interval string
-		if e.Count > 1 {
-			interval = fmt.Sprintf("%s (x%d over %s)", translateTimestampSince(e.LastTimestamp), e.Count, translateTimestampSince(e.FirstTimestamp))
+		firstTimestampSince := translateMicroTimestampSince(e.EventTime)
+		if e.EventTime.IsZero() {
+			firstTimestampSince = translateTimestampSince(e.FirstTimestamp)
+		}
+		if e.Series != nil {
+			interval = fmt.Sprintf("%s (x%d over %s)", translateMicroTimestampSince(e.Series.LastObservedTime), e.Series.Count, firstTimestampSince)
+		} else if e.Count > 1 {
+			interval = fmt.Sprintf("%s (x%d over %s)", translateTimestampSince(e.LastTimestamp), e.Count, firstTimestampSince)
 		} else {
-			interval = translateTimestampSince(e.FirstTimestamp)
-			if e.FirstTimestamp.IsZero() {
-				interval = translateMicroTimestampSince(e.EventTime)
-			}
+			interval = firstTimestampSince
 		}
 		source := e.Source.Component
 		if source == "" {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
index 468bdc5128c..97b08a41113 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
@@ -2004,6 +2004,27 @@ func TestDescribeDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 						ReadyReplicas:     0,
 						AvailableReplicas: 1,
 					},
+				}, &corev1.Event{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name:      "bar-000",
+						Namespace: "foo",
+					},
+					InvolvedObject: corev1.ObjectReference{
+						APIVersion: "apps/v1",
+						Kind:       "Deployment",
+						Name:       "bar",
+						Namespace:  "foo",
+						UID:        "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
+					},
+					Type:                corev1.EventTypeNormal,
+					Reason:              "ScalingReplicaSet",
+					Message:             "Scaled up replica set bar-002 to 1",
+					ReportingController: "deployment-controller",
+					EventTime:           metav1.NewMicroTime(time.Now().Add(-20 * time.Minute)),
+					Series: &corev1.EventSeries{
+						Count:            3,
+						LastObservedTime: metav1.NewMicroTime(time.Now().Add(-12 * time.Minute)),
+					},
 				}, &corev1.Event{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 						Name:      "bar-001",
@@ -2042,6 +2063,23 @@ func TestDescribeDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 						Component: "deployment-controller",
 					},
 					FirstTimestamp: metav1.NewTime(time.Now().Add(-2 * time.Minute)),
+				}, &corev1.Event{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name:      "bar-003",
+						Namespace: "foo",
+					},
+					InvolvedObject: corev1.ObjectReference{
+						APIVersion: "apps/v1",
+						Kind:       "Deployment",
+						Name:       "bar",
+						Namespace:  "foo",
+						UID:        "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
+					},
+					Type:                corev1.EventTypeNormal,
+					Reason:              "ScalingReplicaSet",
+					Message:             "Scaled down replica set bar-002 to 1",
+					ReportingController: "deployment-controller",
+					EventTime:           metav1.NewMicroTime(time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Minute)),
 				},
 			},
 			expects: []string{
@@ -2050,8 +2088,10 @@ func TestDescribeDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 				"OldReplicaSets:  bar-001 (2/2 replicas created)",
 				"NewReplicaSet:   bar-002 (1/1 replicas created)",
 				"Events:\n",
-				"Normal  ScalingReplicaSet  10m   deployment-controller  Scaled up replica set bar-001 to 2",
-				"Normal  ScalingReplicaSet  2m    deployment-controller  Scaled up replica set bar-002 to 1",
+				"Normal  ScalingReplicaSet  12m (x3 over 20m)  deployment-controller  Scaled up replica set bar-002 to 1",
+				"Normal  ScalingReplicaSet  10m                deployment-controller  Scaled up replica set bar-001 to 2",
+				"Normal  ScalingReplicaSet  2m                 deployment-controller  Scaled up replica set bar-002 to 1",
+				"Normal  ScalingReplicaSet  60s                deployment-controller  Scaled down replica set bar-002 to 1",
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -3694,6 +3734,7 @@ func TestDescribeEvents(t *testing.T) {
 		Items: []corev1.Event{
 			{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "event-1",
 					Namespace: "foo",
 				},
 				Source:         corev1.EventSource{Component: "kubelet"},
@@ -3703,6 +3744,20 @@ func TestDescribeEvents(t *testing.T) {
 				Count:          1,
 				Type:           corev1.EventTypeNormal,
 			},
+			{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "event-2",
+					Namespace: "foo",
+				},
+				Source:    corev1.EventSource{Component: "kubelet"},
+				Message:   "Item 1",
+				EventTime: metav1.NewMicroTime(time.Date(2014, time.January, 15, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)),
+				Series: &corev1.EventSeries{
+					Count:            1,
+					LastObservedTime: metav1.NewMicroTime(time.Date(2014, time.January, 15, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)),
+				},
+				Type: corev1.EventTypeNormal,
+			},
 		},
 	}