diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
index 2c44776b10..8bc1b9cc8b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe/versioned/describe.go
@@ -2073,6 +2073,16 @@ func describeCronJob(cronJob *batchv1beta1.CronJob, events *corev1.EventList) (s
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Schedule:\t%s\n", cronJob.Spec.Schedule)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Concurrency Policy:\t%s\n", cronJob.Spec.ConcurrencyPolicy)
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Suspend:\t%s\n", printBoolPtr(cronJob.Spec.Suspend))
+		if cronJob.Spec.SuccessfulJobsHistoryLimit != nil {
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Successful Job History Limit:\t%d\n", cronJob.Spec.SuccessfulJobsHistoryLimit)
+		} else {
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Successful Job History Limit:\t<unset>\n")
+		}
+		if cronJob.Spec.FailedJobsHistoryLimit != nil {
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Failed Job History Limit:\t%d\n", *cronJob.Spec.FailedJobsHistoryLimit)
+		} else {
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Failed Job History Limit:\t<unset>\n")
+		}
 		if cronJob.Spec.StartingDeadlineSeconds != nil {
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Starting Deadline Seconds:\t%ds\n", *cronJob.Spec.StartingDeadlineSeconds)
 		} else {