diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema/group_version_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema/group_version_test.go
index 51f26df7fe..3934bc45a4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema/group_version_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema/group_version_test.go
@@ -134,3 +134,47 @@ func TestKindForGroupVersionKinds(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseKindArg(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input string
+		gvk   *GroupVersionKind
+		gk    GroupKind
+	}{
+		{input: "Pod", gk: GroupKind{Kind: "Pod"}},
+		{input: ".apps", gk: GroupKind{Group: "apps"}},
+		{input: "Pod.", gk: GroupKind{Kind: "Pod"}},
+		{input: "StatefulSet.apps", gk: GroupKind{Group: "apps", Kind: "StatefulSet"}},
+		{input: "StatefulSet.v1.apps", gvk: &GroupVersionKind{Group: "apps", Version: "v1", Kind: "StatefulSet"}, gk: GroupKind{Group: "v1.apps", Kind: "StatefulSet"}},
+	}
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			gvk, gk := ParseKindArg(test.input)
+			if (gvk != nil && test.gvk == nil) || (gvk == nil && test.gvk != nil) || (test.gvk != nil && *gvk != *test.gvk) {
+				t.Errorf("%d: expected output: %#v, got: %#v", i, test.gvk, gvk)
+			}
+			if gk != test.gk {
+				t.Errorf("%d: expected output: %#v, got: %#v", i, test.gk, gk)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseGroupKind(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input string
+		out   GroupKind
+	}{
+		{input: "Pod", out: GroupKind{Kind: "Pod"}},
+		{input: ".StatefulSet", out: GroupKind{Group: "StatefulSet"}},
+		{input: "StatefulSet.apps", out: GroupKind{Group: "apps", Kind: "StatefulSet"}},
+	}
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			out := ParseGroupKind(test.input)
+			if out != test.out {
+				t.Errorf("%d: expected output: %#v, got: %#v", i, test.out, out)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}