diff --git a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_certificate.go b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_certificate.go
index 8c366de67..871db51c4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_certificate.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_certificate.go
@@ -19,11 +19,16 @@ package v1alpha1
 import metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
 // +genclient
-// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
-// +kubebuilder:resource:path=certificates
 // Certificate is a type to represent a Certificate from ACME
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Ready",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].status",description=""
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Secret",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.secretName",description=""
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Issuer",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.issuerRef.name",description="",priority=1
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Status",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].message",priority=1
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Age",type="date",JSONPath=".metadata.creationTimestamp",description="CreationTimestamp is a timestamp representing the server time when this object was created. It is not guaranteed to be set in happens-before order across separate operations. Clients may not set this value. It is represented in RFC3339 form and is in UTC."
+// +kubebuilder:resource:path=certificates,shortName=cert;certs
 type Certificate struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`
 	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_challenge.go b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_challenge.go
index 5f6ae2e42..4f637aebf 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_challenge.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_challenge.go
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@ import (
 // coupling between ACME Issuers and their solver configurations (see: Solver proposal)
 
 // +genclient
-// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
+// Challenge is a type to represent a Challenge request with an ACME server
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="State",type="string",JSONPath=".status.state"
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Domain",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.dnsName"
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Reason",type="string",JSONPath=".status.reason",description="",priority=1
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Age",type="date",JSONPath=".metadata.creationTimestamp",description="CreationTimestamp is a timestamp representing the server time when this object was created. It is not guaranteed to be set in happens-before order across separate operations. Clients may not set this value. It is represented in RFC3339 form and is in UTC."
 // +kubebuilder:resource:path=challenges
 type Challenge struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_order.go b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_order.go
index 8836f2e05..a1b868743 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_order.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha1/types_order.go
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@ import (
 // coupling between ACME Issuers and their solver configurations (see: Solver proposal)
 
 // +genclient
-// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
+// Order is a type to represent an Order with an ACME server
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="State",type="string",JSONPath=".status.state"
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Issuer",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.issuerRef.name",description="",priority=1
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Reason",type="string",JSONPath=".status.reason",description="",priority=1
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Age",type="date",JSONPath=".metadata.creationTimestamp",description="CreationTimestamp is a timestamp representing the server time when this object was created. It is not guaranteed to be set in happens-before order across separate operations. Clients may not set this value. It is represented in RFC3339 form and is in UTC."
 // +kubebuilder:resource:path=orders
 type Order struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`