diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/cmd/process.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/cmd/process.go
index 42cdb819002d..24c15aca4b4f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/cmd/process.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/cmd/process.go
@@ -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
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/describe/printer.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/describe/printer.go
index 8a108db33501..86cc47881857 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/describe/printer.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/describe/printer.go
@@ -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 {