diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
index a399bcbad13..3e94d350824 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ func describePod(pod *api.Pod, rcs []api.ReplicationController, events *api.Even
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "IP:\t%s\n", pod.Status.PodIP)
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Replication Controllers:\t%s\n", printReplicationControllersByLabels(rcs))
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Containers:\n")
-		describeContainers(pod.Status.ContainerStatuses, out)
+		describeContainers(pod, out)
 		if len(pod.Status.Conditions) > 0 {
 			fmt.Fprint(out, "Conditions:\n  Type\tStatus\n")
 			for _, c := range pod.Status.Conditions {
@@ -473,39 +473,55 @@ func (d *PersistentVolumeClaimDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string) (strin
 	})
 }
 
-func describeContainers(containers []api.ContainerStatus, out io.Writer) {
-	for _, container := range containers {
+func describeContainers(pod *api.Pod, out io.Writer) {
+	statuses := map[string]api.ContainerStatus{}
+	for _, status := range pod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
+		statuses[status.Name] = status
+	}
+
+	for _, container := range pod.Spec.Containers {
+		status := statuses[container.Name]
+		state := status.State
+
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "  %v:\n", container.Name)
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "    Image:\t%s\n", container.Image)
+
+		if len(container.Resources.Limits) > 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "    Limits:\n")
+		}
+		for name, quantity := range container.Resources.Limits {
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "      %s:\t%s\n", name, quantity.String())
+		}
+
 		switch {
-		case container.State.Running != nil:
+		case state.Running != nil:
 			fmt.Fprintf(out, "    State:\tRunning\n")
-			fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Started:\t%v\n", container.State.Running.StartedAt.Time.Format(time.RFC1123Z))
-		case container.State.Waiting != nil:
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Started:\t%v\n", state.Running.StartedAt.Time.Format(time.RFC1123Z))
+		case state.Waiting != nil:
 			fmt.Fprintf(out, "    State:\tWaiting\n")
-			if container.State.Waiting.Reason != "" {
-				fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Reason:\t%s\n", container.State.Waiting.Reason)
+			if state.Waiting.Reason != "" {
+				fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Reason:\t%s\n", state.Waiting.Reason)
 			}
-		case container.State.Terminated != nil:
+		case state.Terminated != nil:
 			fmt.Fprintf(out, "    State:\tTerminated\n")
-			if container.State.Terminated.Reason != "" {
-				fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Reason:\t%s\n", container.State.Terminated.Reason)
+			if state.Terminated.Reason != "" {
+				fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Reason:\t%s\n", state.Terminated.Reason)
 			}
-			if container.State.Terminated.Message != "" {
-				fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Message:\t%s\n", container.State.Terminated.Message)
+			if state.Terminated.Message != "" {
+				fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Message:\t%s\n", state.Terminated.Message)
 			}
-			fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Exit Code:\t%d\n", container.State.Terminated.ExitCode)
-			if container.State.Terminated.Signal > 0 {
-				fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Signal:\t%d\n", container.State.Terminated.Signal)
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Exit Code:\t%d\n", state.Terminated.ExitCode)
+			if state.Terminated.Signal > 0 {
+				fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Signal:\t%d\n", state.Terminated.Signal)
 			}
-			fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Started:\t%s\n", container.State.Terminated.StartedAt.Time.Format(time.RFC1123Z))
-			fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Finished:\t%s\n", container.State.Terminated.FinishedAt.Time.Format(time.RFC1123Z))
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Started:\t%s\n", state.Terminated.StartedAt.Time.Format(time.RFC1123Z))
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "      Finished:\t%s\n", state.Terminated.FinishedAt.Time.Format(time.RFC1123Z))
 		default:
 			fmt.Fprintf(out, "    State:\tWaiting\n")
 		}
 
-		fmt.Fprintf(out, "    Ready:\t%v\n", printBool(container.Ready))
-		fmt.Fprintf(out, "    Restart Count:\t%d\n", container.RestartCount)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "    Ready:\t%v\n", printBool(status.Ready))
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "    Restart Count:\t%d\n", status.RestartCount)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe_test.go
index d7481d6a0b1..4ca08ac6e8b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/testclient"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
@@ -119,12 +120,14 @@ func TestPodDescribeResultsSorted(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDescribeContainers(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
-		input            api.ContainerStatus
+		container        api.Container
+		status           api.ContainerStatus
 		expectedElements []string
 	}{
 		// Running state.
 		{
-			input: api.ContainerStatus{
+			container: api.Container{Name: "test", Image: "image"},
+			status: api.ContainerStatus{
 				Name: "test",
 				State: api.ContainerState{
 					Running: &api.ContainerStateRunning{
@@ -133,13 +136,13 @@ func TestDescribeContainers(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Ready:        true,
 				RestartCount: 7,
-				Image:        "image",
 			},
 			expectedElements: []string{"test", "State", "Running", "Ready", "True", "Restart Count", "7", "Image", "image", "Started"},
 		},
 		// Waiting state.
 		{
-			input: api.ContainerStatus{
+			container: api.Container{Name: "test", Image: "image"},
+			status: api.ContainerStatus{
 				Name: "test",
 				State: api.ContainerState{
 					Waiting: &api.ContainerStateWaiting{
@@ -148,13 +151,13 @@ func TestDescribeContainers(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Ready:        true,
 				RestartCount: 7,
-				Image:        "image",
 			},
 			expectedElements: []string{"test", "State", "Waiting", "Ready", "True", "Restart Count", "7", "Image", "image", "Reason", "potato"},
 		},
 		// Terminated state.
 		{
-			input: api.ContainerStatus{
+			container: api.Container{Name: "test", Image: "image"},
+			status: api.ContainerStatus{
 				Name: "test",
 				State: api.ContainerState{
 					Terminated: &api.ContainerStateTerminated{
@@ -166,25 +169,52 @@ func TestDescribeContainers(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Ready:        true,
 				RestartCount: 7,
-				Image:        "image",
 			},
 			expectedElements: []string{"test", "State", "Terminated", "Ready", "True", "Restart Count", "7", "Image", "image", "Reason", "potato", "Started", "Finished", "Exit Code", "2"},
 		},
 		// No state defaults to waiting.
 		{
-			input: api.ContainerStatus{
+			container: api.Container{Name: "test", Image: "image"},
+			status: api.ContainerStatus{
 				Name:         "test",
 				Ready:        true,
 				RestartCount: 7,
-				Image:        "image",
 			},
 			expectedElements: []string{"test", "State", "Waiting", "Ready", "True", "Restart Count", "7", "Image", "image"},
 		},
+		// Using limits.
+		{
+			container: api.Container{
+				Name:  "test",
+				Image: "image",
+				Resources: api.ResourceRequirements{
+					Limits: api.ResourceList{
+						api.ResourceName(api.ResourceCPU):     resource.MustParse("1000"),
+						api.ResourceName(api.ResourceMemory):  resource.MustParse("4G"),
+						api.ResourceName(api.ResourceStorage): resource.MustParse("20G"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			status: api.ContainerStatus{
+				Name:         "test",
+				Ready:        true,
+				RestartCount: 7,
+			},
+			expectedElements: []string{"cpu", "1k", "memory", "4G", "storage", "20G"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
 		out := new(bytes.Buffer)
-		describeContainers([]api.ContainerStatus{testCase.input}, out)
+		pod := api.Pod{
+			Spec: api.PodSpec{
+				Containers: []api.Container{testCase.container},
+			},
+			Status: api.PodStatus{
+				ContainerStatuses: []api.ContainerStatus{testCase.status},
+			},
+		}
+		describeContainers(&pod, out)
 		output := out.String()
 		for _, expected := range testCase.expectedElements {
 			if !strings.Contains(output, expected) {