diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD
index a865578827b..b42efe2851f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/BUILD
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ go_test(
         "apply_test.go",
         "attach_test.go",
         "clusterinfo_dump_test.go",
+        "cmd_printing_test.go",
         "cmd_test.go",
         "convert_test.go",
         "cp_test.go",
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_printing_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_printing_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52b226af3e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_printing_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
+	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/scheme"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/printers"
+)
+
+func TestIllegalPackageSourceCheckerThroughPrintFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name                 string
+		expectInternalObjErr bool
+		output               string
+		obj                  runtime.Object
+		expectedOutput       string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                 "success printer: object containing package path beginning with forbidden prefix is rejected",
+			expectInternalObjErr: true,
+			obj:                  internalPod(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "success printer: object containing package path with no forbidden prefix returns no error",
+			expectInternalObjErr: false,
+			obj:                  externalPod(),
+			output:               "",
+			expectedOutput:       "pod/foo succeeded\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "name printer: object containing package path beginning with forbidden prefix is rejected",
+			expectInternalObjErr: true,
+			output:               "name",
+			obj:                  internalPod(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "json printer: json printer is wrapped in a versioned printer - internal obj should be converted with no error",
+			expectInternalObjErr: false,
+			output:               "json",
+			obj:                  internalPod(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "yaml printer: yaml printer is wrapped in a versioned printer - internal obj should be converted with no error",
+			expectInternalObjErr: false,
+			output:               "yaml",
+			obj:                  internalPod(),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		printFlags := printers.NewPrintFlags("succeeded", legacyscheme.Scheme)
+		printFlags.OutputFormat = &tc.output
+
+		printer, err := printFlags.ToPrinter()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
+		}
+
+		output := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
+
+		err = printer.PrintObj(tc.obj, output)
+		if err != nil {
+			if !tc.expectInternalObjErr {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
+			}
+
+			if !printers.IsInternalObjectError(err) {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error - expecting internal object printer error, got %q", err)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if tc.expectInternalObjErr {
+			t.Fatalf("expected internal object printer error, but got no error")
+		}
+
+		if len(tc.expectedOutput) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if tc.expectedOutput != output.String() {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected output: expecting %q, got %q", tc.expectedOutput, output.String())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIllegalPackageSourceCheckerDirectlyThroughPrinters(t *testing.T) {
+	jsonPathPrinter, err := printers.NewJSONPathPrinter("{ .metadata.name }")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	goTemplatePrinter, err := printers.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte("{{ .metadata.name }}"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	customColumns, err := printers.NewCustomColumnsPrinterFromSpec("NAME:.metadata.name", scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name                 string
+		expectInternalObjErr bool
+		printer              printers.ResourcePrinter
+		obj                  runtime.Object
+		expectedOutput       string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                 "json printer: object containing package path beginning with forbidden prefix is rejected",
+			expectInternalObjErr: true,
+			printer:              &printers.JSONPrinter{},
+			obj:                  internalPod(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "yaml printer: object containing package path beginning with forbidden prefix is rejected",
+			expectInternalObjErr: true,
+			printer:              &printers.YAMLPrinter{},
+			obj:                  internalPod(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "jsonpath printer: object containing package path beginning with forbidden prefix is rejected",
+			expectInternalObjErr: true,
+			printer:              jsonPathPrinter,
+			obj:                  internalPod(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "go-template printer: object containing package path beginning with forbidden prefix is rejected",
+			expectInternalObjErr: true,
+			printer:              goTemplatePrinter,
+			obj:                  internalPod(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "go-template printer: object containing package path beginning with forbidden prefix is rejected",
+			expectInternalObjErr: true,
+			printer:              goTemplatePrinter,
+			obj:                  internalPod(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "custom-columns printer: object containing package path beginning with forbidden prefix is rejected",
+			expectInternalObjErr: true,
+			printer:              customColumns,
+			obj:                  internalPod(),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		output := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
+
+		err := tc.printer.PrintObj(tc.obj, output)
+		if err != nil {
+			if !tc.expectInternalObjErr {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error %v", err)
+			}
+
+			if !printers.IsInternalObjectError(err) {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error - expecting internal object printer error, got %q", err)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if tc.expectInternalObjErr {
+			t.Fatalf("expected internal object printer error, but got no error")
+		}
+
+		if len(tc.expectedOutput) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if tc.expectedOutput != output.String() {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected output: expecting %q, got %q", tc.expectedOutput, output.String())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func internalPod() *api.Pod {
+	return &api.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo", Namespace: "test", ResourceVersion: "10"},
+		Spec: api.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []api.Container{
+				{
+					Name: "bar",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		Status: api.PodStatus{
+			Phase: api.PodRunning,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func externalPod() *v1.Pod {
+	return &v1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "foo",
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
index 8ecbe7fcb7b..4392d47af4c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get.go
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"net/url"
-
 	kapierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go
index 462b3ce6c3f..2b55b988ad6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ func validateArguments(cmd *cobra.Command, filenames, args []string) error {
 }
 
 func (o *RollingUpdateOptions) Complete(f cmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	o.OldName = args[0]
+	if len(args) > 0 {
+		o.OldName = args[0]
+	}
 	o.DryRun = cmdutil.GetDryRunFlag(cmd)
 	o.OutputFormat = cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "output")
 	o.KeepOldName = len(args) == 1
@@ -399,6 +401,7 @@ func (o *RollingUpdateOptions) Run() error {
 	if replicasDefaulted {
 		newRc.Spec.Replicas = oldRc.Spec.Replicas
 	}
+
 	if o.DryRun {
 		oldRcData := &bytes.Buffer{}
 		newRcData := &bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -410,10 +413,10 @@ func (o *RollingUpdateOptions) Run() error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			if err := printer.PrintObj(oldRc, oldRcData); err != nil {
+			if err := printer.PrintObj(cmdutil.AsDefaultVersionedOrOriginal(oldRc, nil), oldRcData); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			if err := printer.PrintObj(newRc, newRcData); err != nil {
+			if err := printer.PrintObj(cmdutil.AsDefaultVersionedOrOriginal(newRc, nil), newRcData); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
@@ -462,7 +465,7 @@ func (o *RollingUpdateOptions) Run() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return printer.PrintObj(newRc, o.Out)
+	return printer.PrintObj(cmdutil.AsDefaultVersionedOrOriginal(newRc, nil), o.Out)
 }
 
 func findNewName(args []string, oldRc *api.ReplicationController) string {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/config_flags.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/config_flags.go
index db6d1a4655f..60d8d501c7a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/config_flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/config_flags.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package util
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -32,8 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/homedir"
 
-	"fmt"
-
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/transport"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/printers/BUILD b/pkg/printers/BUILD
index 32e5629c577..64df3d8c88a 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/printers/BUILD
@@ -86,12 +86,14 @@ filegroup(
 go_test(
     name = "go_default_test",
     srcs = [
+        "flags_test.go",
         "humanreadable_test.go",
         "template_test.go",
     ],
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/apis/core:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/printers/customcolumn.go b/pkg/printers/customcolumn.go
index 692ea463522..9aee658a2c9 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/customcolumn.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/customcolumn.go
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ type CustomColumnsPrinter struct {
 }
 
 func (s *CustomColumnsPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, out io.Writer) error {
+	// we use reflect.Indirect here in order to obtain the actual value from a pointer.
+	// we need an actual value in order to retrieve the package path for an object.
+	// using reflect.Indirect indiscriminately is valid here, as all runtime.Objects are supposed to be pointers.
+	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	}
+
 	if w, found := out.(*tabwriter.Writer); !found {
 		w = GetNewTabWriter(out)
 		out = w
diff --git a/pkg/printers/flags.go b/pkg/printers/flags.go
index 97089e7cb16..68f58b5b8d7 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/flags.go
@@ -18,12 +18,25 @@ package printers
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
+var (
+	internalObjectPrinterErr = "a versioned object must be passed to a printer"
+
+	// disallowedPackagePrefixes contains regular expression templates
+	// for object package paths that are not allowed by printers.
+	disallowedPackagePrefixes = []string{
+		"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/",
+	}
+)
+
+var internalObjectPreventer = &illegalPackageSourceChecker{disallowedPackagePrefixes}
+
 type NoCompatiblePrinterError struct {
 	OutputFormat *string
 	Options      interface{}
@@ -47,6 +60,14 @@ func IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err error) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
+func IsInternalObjectError(err error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return err.Error() == internalObjectPrinterErr
+}
+
 // PrintFlags composes common printer flag structs
 // used across all commands, and provides a method
 // of retrieving a known printer based on flag values provided.
@@ -111,3 +132,22 @@ func NewPrintFlags(operation string, scheme runtime.ObjectConvertor) *PrintFlags
 		NamePrintFlags:     NewNamePrintFlags(operation, scheme),
 	}
 }
+
+// illegalPackageSourceChecker compares a given
+// object's package path, and determines if the
+// object originates from a disallowed source.
+type illegalPackageSourceChecker struct {
+	// disallowedPrefixes is a slice of disallowed package path
+	// prefixes for a given runtime.Object that we are printing.
+	disallowedPrefixes []string
+}
+
+func (c *illegalPackageSourceChecker) IsForbidden(pkgPath string) bool {
+	for _, forbiddenPrefix := range c.disallowedPrefixes {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(pkgPath, forbiddenPrefix) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/pkg/printers/flags_test.go b/pkg/printers/flags_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..704fafb1f81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/printers/flags_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package printers
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestIllegalPackageSourceChecker(t *testing.T) {
+	disallowedPrefixes := []string{
+		"foo/bar",
+		"k8s.io/foo/bar/vendor/k8s.io/baz/buz",
+		"bar/foo/baz",
+	}
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name            string
+		pkgPath         string
+		shouldBeAllowed bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:            "package path beginning with forbidden prefix is rejected",
+			pkgPath:         "foo/bar/baz/buz",
+			shouldBeAllowed: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "package path not fully matching forbidden prefix is allowed",
+			pkgPath:         "bar/foo",
+			shouldBeAllowed: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "package path containing forbidden prefix (not as prefix) is allowed",
+			pkgPath:         "k8s.io/bar/foo/baz/etc",
+			shouldBeAllowed: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	checker := &illegalPackageSourceChecker{disallowedPrefixes}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		if checker.IsForbidden(tc.pkgPath) {
+			if tc.shouldBeAllowed {
+				t.Fatalf("expected package path %q to have been allowed", tc.pkgPath)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !tc.shouldBeAllowed {
+			t.Fatalf("expected package path %q to have been rejected", tc.pkgPath)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
index 268c35e276b..f338893cb3b 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
@@ -252,19 +252,19 @@ func testPrinter(t *testing.T, printer printers.ResourcePrinter, unmarshalFunc f
 		t.Errorf("Test data and unmarshaled data are not equal: %v", diff.ObjectDiff(poutput, testData))
 	}
 
-	obj := &api.Pod{
+	obj := &v1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo"},
 	}
 	buf.Reset()
 	printer.PrintObj(obj, buf)
-	var objOut api.Pod
+	var objOut v1.Pod
 	// Verify that given function runs without error.
 	err = unmarshalFunc(buf.Bytes(), &objOut)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %#v", err)
 	}
 	// Use real decode function to undo the versioning process.
-	objOut = api.Pod{}
+	objOut = v1.Pod{}
 	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(s, buf.Bytes(), &objOut); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func TestTemplatePanic(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("tmpl fail: %v", err)
 	}
 	buffer := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	err = printer.PrintObj(&api.Pod{}, buffer)
+	err = printer.PrintObj(&v1.Pod{}, buffer)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected that template to crash")
 	}
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ func TestNamePrinter(t *testing.T) {
 		expect string
 	}{
 		"singleObject": {
-			&api.Pod{
+			&v1.Pod{
 				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 					Kind: "Pod",
 				},
@@ -567,31 +567,25 @@ func TestPrinters(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	jsonpathPrinter = printers.NewVersionedPrinter(jsonpathPrinter, legacyscheme.Scheme, legacyscheme.Scheme, v1.SchemeGroupVersion)
 
-	allPrinters := map[string]printers.ResourcePrinter{
-		"humanReadable": printers.NewHumanReadablePrinter(nil, printers.PrintOptions{
-			NoHeaders: true,
-		}),
-		"humanReadableHeaders": printers.NewHumanReadablePrinter(nil, printers.PrintOptions{}),
-		"json":                 &printers.JSONPrinter{},
-		"yaml":                 &printers.YAMLPrinter{},
-		"template":             templatePrinter,
-		"template2":            templatePrinter2,
-		"jsonpath":             jsonpathPrinter,
+	genericPrinters := map[string]printers.ResourcePrinter{
+		"json":      &printers.JSONPrinter{},
+		"yaml":      &printers.YAMLPrinter{},
+		"template":  templatePrinter,
+		"template2": templatePrinter2,
+		"jsonpath":  jsonpathPrinter,
 		"name": &printers.NamePrinter{
 			Typer:    legacyscheme.Scheme,
 			Decoders: []runtime.Decoder{legacyscheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(), unstructured.UnstructuredJSONScheme},
 		},
 	}
-	AddHandlers((allPrinters["humanReadable"]).(*printers.HumanReadablePrinter))
-	AddHandlers((allPrinters["humanReadableHeaders"]).(*printers.HumanReadablePrinter))
 	objects := map[string]runtime.Object{
-		"pod":             &api.Pod{ObjectMeta: om("pod")},
-		"emptyPodList":    &api.PodList{},
-		"nonEmptyPodList": &api.PodList{Items: []api.Pod{{}}},
-		"endpoints": &api.Endpoints{
-			Subsets: []api.EndpointSubset{{
-				Addresses: []api.EndpointAddress{{IP: "127.0.0.1"}, {IP: "localhost"}},
-				Ports:     []api.EndpointPort{{Port: 8080}},
+		"pod":             &v1.Pod{ObjectMeta: om("pod")},
+		"emptyPodList":    &v1.PodList{},
+		"nonEmptyPodList": &v1.PodList{Items: []v1.Pod{{}}},
+		"endpoints": &v1.Endpoints{
+			Subsets: []v1.EndpointSubset{{
+				Addresses: []v1.EndpointAddress{{IP: "127.0.0.1"}, {IP: "localhost"}},
+				Ports:     []v1.EndpointPort{{Port: 8080}},
 			}}},
 	}
 	// map of printer name to set of objects it should fail on.
@@ -600,7 +594,29 @@ func TestPrinters(t *testing.T) {
 		"jsonpath":  sets.NewString("emptyPodList", "nonEmptyPodList", "endpoints"),
 	}
 
-	for pName, p := range allPrinters {
+	for pName, p := range genericPrinters {
+		for oName, obj := range objects {
+			b := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			if err := p.PrintObj(obj, b); err != nil {
+				if set, found := expectedErrors[pName]; found && set.Has(oName) {
+					// expected error
+					continue
+				}
+				t.Errorf("printer '%v', object '%v'; error: '%v'", pName, oName, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// a humanreadable printer deals with internal-versioned objects
+	humanReadablePrinter := map[string]printers.ResourcePrinter{
+		"humanReadable": printers.NewHumanReadablePrinter(nil, printers.PrintOptions{
+			NoHeaders: true,
+		}),
+		"humanReadableHeaders": printers.NewHumanReadablePrinter(nil, printers.PrintOptions{}),
+	}
+	AddHandlers((humanReadablePrinter["humanReadable"]).(*printers.HumanReadablePrinter))
+	AddHandlers((humanReadablePrinter["humanReadableHeaders"]).(*printers.HumanReadablePrinter))
+	for pName, p := range humanReadablePrinter {
 		for oName, obj := range objects {
 			b := &bytes.Buffer{}
 			if err := p.PrintObj(obj, b); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/printers/json.go b/pkg/printers/json.go
index 89774ae031f..8827e2e5e21 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/json.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/json.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"reflect"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 
@@ -28,11 +29,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 // JSONPrinter is an implementation of ResourcePrinter which outputs an object as JSON.
-type JSONPrinter struct {
-}
+type JSONPrinter struct{}
 
 // PrintObj is an implementation of ResourcePrinter.PrintObj which simply writes the object to the Writer.
 func (p *JSONPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
+	// we use reflect.Indirect here in order to obtain the actual value from a pointer.
+	// we need an actual value in order to retrieve the package path for an object.
+	// using reflect.Indirect indiscriminately is valid here, as all runtime.Objects are supposed to be pointers.
+	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	}
+
 	switch obj := obj.(type) {
 	case *runtime.Unknown:
 		var buf bytes.Buffer
@@ -64,6 +71,13 @@ type YAMLPrinter struct {
 
 // PrintObj prints the data as YAML.
 func (p *YAMLPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
+	// we use reflect.Indirect here in order to obtain the actual value from a pointer.
+	// we need an actual value in order to retrieve the package path for an object.
+	// using reflect.Indirect indiscriminately is valid here, as all runtime.Objects are supposed to be pointers.
+	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	}
+
 	switch obj := obj.(type) {
 	case *runtime.Unknown:
 		data, err := yaml.JSONToYAML(obj.Raw)
diff --git a/pkg/printers/jsonpath.go b/pkg/printers/jsonpath.go
index 946f0c9aa9d..cc48f538a7a 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/jsonpath.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/jsonpath.go
@@ -107,11 +107,21 @@ func NewJSONPathPrinter(tmpl string) (*JSONPathPrinter, error) {
 	if err := j.Parse(tmpl); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &JSONPathPrinter{tmpl, j}, nil
+	return &JSONPathPrinter{
+		rawTemplate: tmpl,
+		JSONPath:    j,
+	}, nil
 }
 
 // PrintObj formats the obj with the JSONPath Template.
 func (j *JSONPathPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
+	// we use reflect.Indirect here in order to obtain the actual value from a pointer.
+	// we need an actual value in order to retrieve the package path for an object.
+	// using reflect.Indirect indiscriminately is valid here, as all runtime.Objects are supposed to be pointers.
+	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	}
+
 	var queryObj interface{} = obj
 	if meta.IsListType(obj) {
 		data, err := json.Marshal(obj)
diff --git a/pkg/printers/name.go b/pkg/printers/name.go
index 49012c7b5ed..30fb06e150f 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/name.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/name.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package printers
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
@@ -45,6 +46,13 @@ type NamePrinter struct {
 // PrintObj is an implementation of ResourcePrinter.PrintObj which decodes the object
 // and print "resource/name" pair. If the object is a List, print all items in it.
 func (p *NamePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
+	// we use reflect.Indirect here in order to obtain the actual value from a pointer.
+	// using reflect.Indirect indiscriminately is valid here, as all runtime.Objects are supposed to be pointers.
+	// we need an actual value in order to retrieve the package path for an object.
+	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	}
+
 	if meta.IsListType(obj) {
 		items, err := meta.ExtractList(obj)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/printers/template.go b/pkg/printers/template.go
index 0d30b22cd67..6b2a7e2bddf 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/template.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/template.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"reflect"
 	"text/template"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ func (p *GoTemplatePrinter) AllowMissingKeys(allow bool) {
 
 // PrintObj formats the obj with the Go Template.
 func (p *GoTemplatePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
+	if internalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(internalObjectPrinterErr)
+	}
+
 	var data []byte
 	var err error
 	data, err = json.Marshal(obj)
diff --git a/pkg/printers/template_test.go b/pkg/printers/template_test.go
index d25869fe80b..98330f9eb57 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/template_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/template_test.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
 )
 
 func TestTemplate(t *testing.T) {
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ func TestTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		expectErr func(error) (string, bool)
 	}{
 		"support base64 decoding of secret data": {
-			template: "{{ .Data.username | base64decode }}",
-			obj: &api.Secret{
+			template: "{{ .data.username | base64decode }}",
+			obj: &v1.Secret{
 				Data: map[string][]byte{
 					"username": []byte("hunter"),
 				},
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 			expectOut: "hunter",
 		},
 		"test error path for base64 decoding": {
-			template: "{{ .Data.username | base64decode }}",
+			template: "{{ .data.username | base64decode }}",
 			obj:      &badlyMarshaledSecret{},
 			expectErr: func(err error) (string, bool) {
 				matched := strings.Contains(err.Error(), "base64 decode")
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ func TestTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 type badlyMarshaledSecret struct {
-	api.Secret
+	v1.Secret
 }
 
 func (a badlyMarshaledSecret) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	return []byte(`{"apiVersion":"v1","Data":{"username":"--THIS IS NOT BASE64--"},"kind":"Secret"}`), nil
+	return []byte(`{"apiVersion":"v1","data":{"username":"--THIS IS NOT BASE64--"},"kind":"Secret"}`), nil
 }