diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
index adfe356f7c3..2a8277d18b0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe.go
@@ -2630,7 +2630,7 @@ func (i *IngressDescriber) describeIngressV1(ing *networkingv1.Ingress, events *
 		printLabelsMultiline(w, "Labels", ing.Labels)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Namespace:\t%v\n", ing.Namespace)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Address:\t%v\n", loadBalancerStatusStringer(ing.Status.LoadBalancer, true))
-		ingressClassName := ""
+		ingressClassName := "<none>"
 		if ing.Spec.IngressClassName != nil {
 			ingressClassName = *ing.Spec.IngressClassName
 		}
@@ -2691,7 +2691,7 @@ func (i *IngressDescriber) describeIngressV1beta1(ing *networkingv1beta1.Ingress
 		printLabelsMultiline(w, "Labels", ing.Labels)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Namespace:\t%v\n", ing.Namespace)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Address:\t%v\n", loadBalancerStatusStringer(ing.Status.LoadBalancer, true))
-		ingressClassName := ""
+		ingressClassName := "<none>"
 		if ing.Spec.IngressClassName != nil {
 			ingressClassName = *ing.Spec.IngressClassName
 		}
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 b8c1e547abf..f2cd2323335 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
@@ -2604,6 +2604,30 @@ Rules:
   *           *     default-backend:80 (<error: endpoints "default-backend" not found>)
 Annotations:  <none>
 Events:       <none>
+`,
+		},
+		"EmptyIngressClassName": {
+			input: fake.NewSimpleClientset(&networkingv1.Ingress{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "bar",
+					Namespace: "foo",
+				},
+				Spec: networkingv1.IngressSpec{
+					DefaultBackend: &backendV1,
+				},
+			}),
+			output: `Name:             bar
+Labels:           <none>
+Namespace:        foo
+Address:          
+Ingress Class:    <none>
+Default backend:  default-backend:80 (<error: endpoints "default-backend" not found>)
+Rules:
+  Host        Path  Backends
+  ----        ----  --------
+  *           *     default-backend:80 (<error: endpoints "default-backend" not found>)
+Annotations:  <none>
+Events:       <none>
 `,
 		},
 	}