@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/golang/glog"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

+	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/cli/describe"

 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/cmd/util/clientcmd"

 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/template"

 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/template/api"

@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ Examples:

 			// If 'parameters' flag is set it does not do processing but only print

 			// the template parameters to console for inspection.

 			if cmdutil.GetFlagBool(cmd, "parameters") == true {

-				err = printer.PrintObj(templateObj, out)

+				err = describe.PrintTemplateParameters(templateObj.Parameters, out)

 				checkErr(err)

 				return

 			}

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (

 	"fmt"

 	"io"

 	"strings"

+	"text/tabwriter"

 	kctl "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl"

 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"

@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ var (

 	deploymentColumns       = []string{"NAME", "STATUS", "CAUSE"}

 	deploymentConfigColumns = []string{"NAME", "TRIGGERS", "LATEST VERSION"}

 	templateColumns         = []string{"NAME", "DESCRIPTION", "PARAMETERS", "OBJECTS"}

-	parameterColumns        = []string{"NAME", "DESCRIPTION", "GENERATOR", "VALUE"}

 	policyColumns           = []string{"NAME", "ROLES", "LAST MODIFIED"}

 	policyBindingColumns    = []string{"NAME", "ROLE BINDINGS", "LAST MODIFIED"}

@@ -84,6 +84,25 @@ func NewHumanReadablePrinter(noHeaders bool) *kctl.HumanReadablePrinter {

 const templateDescriptionLen = 80

+// PrintTemplateParameters the Template parameters with their default values

+func PrintTemplateParameters(params []templateapi.Parameter, output io.Writer) error {

+	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(output, 20, 5, 3, ' ', 0)

+	defer w.Flush()

+	parameterColumns := []string{"NAME", "DESCRIPTION", "GENERATOR", "VALUE"}

+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n", strings.Join(parameterColumns, "\t"))

+	for _, p := range params {

+		value := p.Value

+		if len(p.Generate) != 0 {

+			value = p.From

+		}

+		_, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", p.Name, p.Description, p.Generate, value)

+		if err != nil {

+			return err

+		}

+	}

+	return nil

+}

+

 func printTemplate(t *templateapi.Template, w io.Writer) error {

 	description := ""

 	if t.Annotations != nil {

@@ -116,20 +135,6 @@ func printTemplate(t *templateapi.Template, w io.Writer) error {

 	return err

 }

-func printTemplateParameters(t *templateapi.Template, w io.Writer) error {

-	for _, p := range t.Parameters {

-		value := p.Value

-		if len(p.Generate) != 0 {

-			value = p.From

-		}

-		_, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", p.Name, p.Description, p.Generate, value)

-		if err != nil {

-			return err

-		}

-	}

-	return nil

-}

-

 func printTemplateList(list *templateapi.TemplateList, w io.Writer) error {

 	for _, t := range list.Items {

 		if err := printTemplate(&t, w); err != nil {