diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
index ab69bdf699..5579521047 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ func describePod(pod *corev1.Pod, events *corev1.EventList) (string, error) {
 		printLabelsMultiline(w, "Labels", pod.Labels)
 		printAnnotationsMultiline(w, "Annotations", pod.Annotations)
 		if pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\tTerminating (lasts %s)\n", translateTimestampUntil(*pod.DeletionTimestamp))
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\tTerminating (lasts %s)\n", translateTimestampSince(*pod.DeletionTimestamp))
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Termination Grace Period:\t%ds\n", *pod.DeletionGracePeriodSeconds)
 		} else {
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\t%s\n", string(pod.Status.Phase))
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ func describePersistentVolume(pv *corev1.PersistentVolume, events *corev1.EventL
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Finalizers:\t%v\n", pv.ObjectMeta.Finalizers)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "StorageClass:\t%s\n", storageutil.GetPersistentVolumeClass(pv))
 		if pv.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\tTerminating (lasts %s)\n", translateTimestampUntil(*pv.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp))
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\tTerminating (lasts %s)\n", translateTimestampSince(*pv.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp))
 		} else {
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\t%v\n", pv.Status.Phase)
 		}
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ func describePersistentVolumeClaim(pvc *corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim, events *co
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Namespace:\t%s\n", pvc.Namespace)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "StorageClass:\t%s\n", storageutil.GetPersistentVolumeClaimClass(pvc))
 		if pvc.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
-			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\tTerminating (lasts %s)\n", translateTimestampUntil(*pvc.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp))
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\tTerminating (lasts %s)\n", translateTimestampSince(*pvc.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp))
 		} else {
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\t%v\n", pvc.Status.Phase)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
index 40e1116241..f58c10373d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type describeClient struct {
 }
 
 func TestDescribePod(t *testing.T) {
-	deletionTimestamp := metav1.Time{Time: time.Now().UTC().AddDate(10, 0, 0)}
+	deletionTimestamp := metav1.Time{Time: time.Now().UTC().AddDate(-10, 0, 0)}
 	gracePeriod := int64(1234)
 	condition1 := corev1.PodConditionType("condition1")
 	condition2 := corev1.PodConditionType("condition2")
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ func TestGetPodsTotalRequests(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPersistentVolumeDescriber(t *testing.T) {
 	block := corev1.PersistentVolumeBlock
 	file := corev1.PersistentVolumeFilesystem
-	deletionTimestamp := metav1.Time{Time: time.Now().UTC().AddDate(10, 0, 0)}
+	deletionTimestamp := metav1.Time{Time: time.Now().UTC().AddDate(-10, 0, 0)}
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name               string
 		plugin             string
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ func TestPersistentVolumeClaimDescriber(t *testing.T) {
 	file := corev1.PersistentVolumeFilesystem
 	goldClassName := "gold"
 	now := time.Now()
-	deletionTimestamp := metav1.Time{Time: time.Now().UTC().AddDate(10, 0, 0)}
+	deletionTimestamp := metav1.Time{Time: time.Now().UTC().AddDate(-10, 0, 0)}
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name               string
 		pvc                *corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim