diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_printing_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_printing_test.go
index 23930e52f5..49676d480d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_printing_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/cmd_printing_test.go
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ func TestIllegalPackageSourceCheckerThroughPrintFlags(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIllegalPackageSourceCheckerDirectlyThroughPrinters(t *testing.T) {
-	jsonPathPrinter, err := printers.NewJSONPathPrinter("{ .metadata.name }")
+	jsonPathPrinter, err := genericprinters.NewJSONPathPrinter("{ .metadata.name }")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	goTemplatePrinter, err := printers.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte("{{ .metadata.name }}"))
+	goTemplatePrinter, err := genericprinters.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte("{{ .metadata.name }}"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func TestIllegalPackageSourceCheckerDirectlyThroughPrinters(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name                 string
 		expectInternalObjErr bool
-		printer              printers.ResourcePrinter
+		printer              genericprinters.ResourcePrinter
 		obj                  runtime.Object
 		expectedOutput       string
 	}{
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/flags.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/flags.go
index 5e2f3ed806..6455bafbf5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/config/flags.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 type kubectlConfigPrintFlags struct {
 	JSONYamlPrintFlags *genericclioptions.JSONYamlPrintFlags
 	NamePrintFlags     *genericclioptions.NamePrintFlags
-	TemplateFlags      *printers.KubeTemplatePrintFlags
+	TemplateFlags      *genericclioptions.KubeTemplatePrintFlags
 
 	TypeSetter *genericprinters.TypeSetterPrinter
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func newKubeConfigPrintFlags(scheme runtime.ObjectTyper) *kubectlConfigPrintFlag
 
 		JSONYamlPrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewJSONYamlPrintFlags(),
 		NamePrintFlags:     genericclioptions.NewNamePrintFlags(""),
-		TemplateFlags:      printers.NewKubeTemplatePrintFlags(),
+		TemplateFlags:      genericclioptions.NewKubeTemplatePrintFlags(),
 
 		TypeSetter: genericprinters.NewTypeSetter(scheme),
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/flags.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/flags.go
index e1bf63cf46..6e902ea122 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/create/flags.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 type PrintFlags struct {
 	JSONYamlPrintFlags *genericclioptions.JSONYamlPrintFlags
 	NamePrintFlags     *genericclioptions.NamePrintFlags
-	TemplateFlags      *printers.KubeTemplatePrintFlags
+	TemplateFlags      *genericclioptions.KubeTemplatePrintFlags
 
 	TypeSetter *genericprinters.TypeSetterPrinter
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func NewPrintFlags(operation string, scheme runtime.ObjectTyper) *PrintFlags {
 
 		JSONYamlPrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewJSONYamlPrintFlags(),
 		NamePrintFlags:     genericclioptions.NewNamePrintFlags(operation),
-		TemplateFlags:      printers.NewKubeTemplatePrintFlags(),
+		TemplateFlags:      genericclioptions.NewKubeTemplatePrintFlags(),
 
 		TypeSetter: genericprinters.NewTypeSetter(scheme),
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get_flags.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get_flags.go
index 6905f0ff4f..bc05ac05c7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get_flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get/get_flags.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type PrintFlags struct {
 	NamePrintFlags     *genericclioptions.NamePrintFlags
 	CustomColumnsFlags *printers.CustomColumnsPrintFlags
 	HumanReadableFlags *HumanPrintFlags
-	TemplateFlags      *printers.KubeTemplatePrintFlags
+	TemplateFlags      *genericclioptions.KubeTemplatePrintFlags
 
 	NoHeaders    *bool
 	OutputFormat *string
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func NewGetPrintFlags() *PrintFlags {
 
 		JSONYamlPrintFlags: genericclioptions.NewJSONYamlPrintFlags(),
 		NamePrintFlags:     genericclioptions.NewNamePrintFlags(""),
-		TemplateFlags:      printers.NewKubeTemplatePrintFlags(),
+		TemplateFlags:      genericclioptions.NewKubeTemplatePrintFlags(),
 
 		HumanReadableFlags: NewHumanPrintFlags(),
 		CustomColumnsFlags: printers.NewCustomColumnsPrintFlags(),
diff --git a/pkg/printers/jsonpath_flags.go b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags.go
similarity index 89%
rename from pkg/printers/jsonpath_flags.go
rename to pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags.go
index d95f737620..c495fcd8b8 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/jsonpath_flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers
+package genericclioptions
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 )
 
 // templates are logically optional for specifying a format.
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ func (f *JSONPathPrintFlags) AllowedFormats() []string {
 // ToPrinter receives an templateFormat and returns a printer capable of
 // handling --template format printing.
 // Returns false if the specified templateFormat does not match a template format.
-func (f *JSONPathPrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrinter, error) {
+func (f *JSONPathPrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 	if (f.TemplateArgument == nil || len(*f.TemplateArgument) == 0) && len(templateFormat) == 0 {
-		return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
+		return nil, NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
 	}
 
 	templateValue := ""
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (f *JSONPathPrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrinter,
 	}
 
 	if _, supportedFormat := jsonFormats[templateFormat]; !supportedFormat {
-		return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{OutputFormat: &templateFormat, AllowedFormats: f.AllowedFormats()}
+		return nil, NoCompatiblePrinterError{OutputFormat: &templateFormat, AllowedFormats: f.AllowedFormats()}
 	}
 
 	if len(templateValue) == 0 {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (f *JSONPathPrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrinter,
 		templateValue = string(data)
 	}
 
-	p, err := NewJSONPathPrinter(templateValue)
+	p, err := printers.NewJSONPathPrinter(templateValue)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing jsonpath %s, %v\n", templateValue, err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/printers/jsonpath_flags_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags_test.go
similarity index 96%
rename from pkg/printers/jsonpath_flags_test.go
rename to pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags_test.go
index 2f5b6c4c7c..bf0c087bc1 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/jsonpath_flags_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/jsonpath_flags_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers
+package genericclioptions
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 )
 
 func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedJSONPathFormats(t *testing.T) {
@@ -105,12 +104,12 @@ func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedJSONPathFormats(t *testing.T) {
 
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(tc.outputFormat)
 			if tc.expectNoMatch {
-				if !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+				if !IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 					t.Fatalf("expected no printer matches for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 				}
 				return
 			}
-			if genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match template printer for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 			}
 
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ func TestJSONPathPrinterDefaultsAllowMissingKeysToTrue(t *testing.T) {
 
 			outputFormat := "jsonpath"
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat)
-			if genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match template printer for output format %q", outputFormat)
 			}
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/printers/kube_template_flags.go b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/kube_template_flags.go
similarity index 92%
rename from pkg/printers/kube_template_flags.go
rename to pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/kube_template_flags.go
index 8b53e60cdc..345ca418d8 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/kube_template_flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/kube_template_flags.go
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers
+package genericclioptions
 
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 )
 
 // KubeTemplatePrintFlags composes print flags that provide both a JSONPath and a go-template printer.
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ func (f *KubeTemplatePrintFlags) AllowedFormats() []string {
 	return append(f.GoTemplatePrintFlags.AllowedFormats(), f.JSONPathPrintFlags.AllowedFormats()...)
 }
 
-func (f *KubeTemplatePrintFlags) ToPrinter(outputFormat string) (ResourcePrinter, error) {
-	if p, err := f.JSONPathPrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+func (f *KubeTemplatePrintFlags) ToPrinter(outputFormat string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
+	if p, err := f.JSONPathPrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat); !IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 		return p, err
 	}
 	return f.GoTemplatePrintFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat)
diff --git a/pkg/printers/jsonpath.go b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/jsonpath.go
similarity index 94%
rename from pkg/printers/jsonpath.go
rename to pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/jsonpath.go
index 1e2e7b303c..0bdb3511f1 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/jsonpath.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/jsonpath.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/jsonpath"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 )
 
 // exists returns true if it would be possible to call the index function
@@ -118,8 +117,8 @@ 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 printers.InternalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
-		return fmt.Errorf(printers.InternalObjectPrinterErr)
+	if InternalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(InternalObjectPrinterErr)
 	}
 
 	var queryObj interface{} = obj
diff --git a/pkg/printers/template.go b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/template.go
similarity index 93%
rename from pkg/printers/template.go
rename to pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/template.go
index 678b46e3ba..5dd807dad9 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/template.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/template.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 )
 
 // GoTemplatePrinter is an implementation of ResourcePrinter which formats data with a Go Template.
@@ -61,8 +60,8 @@ 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 printers.InternalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
-		return fmt.Errorf(printers.InternalObjectPrinterErr)
+	if InternalObjectPreventer.IsForbidden(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(obj)).Type().PkgPath()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(InternalObjectPrinterErr)
 	}
 
 	var data []byte
diff --git a/pkg/printers/template_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/template_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/printers/template_test.go
rename to pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers/template_test.go
diff --git a/pkg/printers/template_flags.go b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/template_flags.go
similarity index 91%
rename from pkg/printers/template_flags.go
rename to pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/template_flags.go
index ffd7a24dca..ac835a0643 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/template_flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/template_flags.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers
+package genericclioptions
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/printers"
 )
 
 // templates are logically optional for specifying a format.
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ func (f *GoTemplatePrintFlags) AllowedFormats() []string {
 // ToPrinter receives an templateFormat and returns a printer capable of
 // handling --template format printing.
 // Returns false if the specified templateFormat does not match a template format.
-func (f *GoTemplatePrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrinter, error) {
+func (f *GoTemplatePrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (printers.ResourcePrinter, error) {
 	if (f.TemplateArgument == nil || len(*f.TemplateArgument) == 0) && len(templateFormat) == 0 {
-		return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
+		return nil, NoCompatiblePrinterError{Options: f, OutputFormat: &templateFormat}
 	}
 
 	templateValue := ""
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (f *GoTemplatePrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrinter
 	}
 
 	if _, supportedFormat := templateFormats[templateFormat]; !supportedFormat {
-		return nil, genericclioptions.NoCompatiblePrinterError{OutputFormat: &templateFormat, AllowedFormats: f.AllowedFormats()}
+		return nil, NoCompatiblePrinterError{OutputFormat: &templateFormat, AllowedFormats: f.AllowedFormats()}
 	}
 
 	if len(templateValue) == 0 {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (f *GoTemplatePrintFlags) ToPrinter(templateFormat string) (ResourcePrinter
 		templateValue = string(data)
 	}
 
-	p, err := NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte(templateValue))
+	p, err := printers.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte(templateValue))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing template %s, %v\n", templateValue, err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/printers/template_flags_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/template_flags_test.go
similarity index 95%
rename from pkg/printers/template_flags_test.go
rename to pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/template_flags_test.go
index 3a2400ca87..e1f5ae60e5 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/template_flags_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions/template_flags_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package printers
+package genericclioptions
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/genericclioptions"
 )
 
 func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedTemplateFormats(t *testing.T) {
@@ -105,12 +104,12 @@ func TestPrinterSupportsExpectedTemplateFormats(t *testing.T) {
 
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(tc.outputFormat)
 			if tc.expectNoMatch {
-				if !genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+				if !IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 					t.Fatalf("expected no printer matches for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 				}
 				return
 			}
-			if genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match template printer for output format %q", tc.outputFormat)
 			}
 
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ func TestTemplatePrinterDefaultsAllowMissingKeysToTrue(t *testing.T) {
 
 			outputFormat := "template"
 			p, err := printFlags.ToPrinter(outputFormat)
-			if genericclioptions.IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
+			if IsNoCompatiblePrinterError(err) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected to match template printer for output format %q", outputFormat)
 			}
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
index 82569ec1b2..318734d6c4 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func TestUnknownTypePrinting(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestTemplatePanic(t *testing.T) {
 	tmpl := `{{and ((index .currentState.info "foo").state.running.startedAt) .currentState.info.net.state.running.startedAt}}`
-	printer, err := printers.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte(tmpl))
+	printer, err := genericprinters.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte(tmpl))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("tmpl fail: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ func TestTemplateStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// The point of this test is to verify that the below template works.
 	tmpl := `{{if (exists . "status" "containerStatuses")}}{{range .status.containerStatuses}}{{if (and (eq .name "foo") (exists . "state" "running"))}}true{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}`
-	printer, err := printers.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte(tmpl))
+	printer, err := genericprinters.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte(tmpl))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("tmpl fail: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -535,17 +535,17 @@ func TestPrinters(t *testing.T) {
 		jsonpathPrinter  printers.ResourcePrinter
 	)
 
-	templatePrinter, err = printers.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte("{{.name}}"))
+	templatePrinter, err = genericprinters.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte("{{.name}}"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	templatePrinter2, err = printers.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte("{{len .items}}"))
+	templatePrinter2, err = genericprinters.NewGoTemplatePrinter([]byte("{{len .items}}"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	jsonpathPrinter, err = printers.NewJSONPathPrinter("{.metadata.name}")
+	jsonpathPrinter, err = genericprinters.NewJSONPathPrinter("{.metadata.name}")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}