diff --git a/cmd/kops/edit_cluster.go b/cmd/kops/edit_cluster.go
index d8126e0f11..7383dcf753 100644
--- a/cmd/kops/edit_cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/kops/edit_cluster.go
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
-var editorEnvs = []string{"KUBE_EDITOR", "EDITOR"}
-
 type EditClusterCmd struct {
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/kops/edit_instancegroup.go b/cmd/kops/edit_instancegroup.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7602aef215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/kops/edit_instancegroup.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"bytes"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/editor"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+type EditInstanceGroupCmd struct {
+}
+
+var editInstanceGroupCmd EditInstanceGroupCmd
+
+func init() {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "instancegroup",
+		Aliases: []string{"instancegroups", "ig"},
+		Short:   "Edit instancegroup",
+		Long:    `Edit an instancegroup configuration.`,
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			if len(args) == 0 {
+				glog.Exitf("Specify name of instance group to edit")
+			}
+			if len(args) != 1 {
+				glog.Exitf("Can only edit one instance group at a time!")
+			}
+			err := editInstanceGroupCmd.Run(args[0])
+			if err != nil {
+				glog.Exitf("%v", err)
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	editCmd.AddCommand(cmd)
+}
+
+func (c *EditInstanceGroupCmd) Run(groupName string) error {
+	stateStore, err := rootCommand.StateStore()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var (
+		edit = editor.NewDefaultEditor(editorEnvs)
+	)
+
+	ext := "yaml"
+
+	raw, err := stateStore.VFSPath().Join("instancegroup", groupName).ReadFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error reading instancegroup file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// launch the editor
+	edited, file, err := edit.LaunchTempFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s-edit-", filepath.Base(os.Args[0])), ext, bytes.NewReader(raw))
+	defer func() {
+		if file != "" {
+			os.Remove(file)
+		}
+	}()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error launching editor: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if bytes.Equal(edited, raw) {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Edit cancelled, no changes made.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	err = stateStore.VFSPath().Join("instancegroup", groupName).WriteFile(edited)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error writing instancegroup file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/kops/editor.go b/cmd/kops/editor.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04d411201a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/kops/editor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package main
+
+var editorEnvs = []string{"KUBE_EDITOR", "EDITOR"}
diff --git a/cmd/kops/format.go b/cmd/kops/format.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de987cb1ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/kops/format.go
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"io"
+	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi"
+	"reflect"
+	"text/tabwriter"
+)
+
+// Table renders tables to stdout
+type Table struct {
+	columns []string
+	getters []reflect.Value
+}
+
+// AddColumn registers an available column for formatting
+func (t *Table) AddColumn(name string, getter interface{}) {
+	getterVal := reflect.ValueOf(getter)
+
+	t.columns = append(t.columns, name)
+	t.getters = append(t.getters, getterVal)
+}
+
+// Render writes the items in a table, to out
+func (t *Table) Render(items interface{}, out io.Writer) error {
+	itemsValue := reflect.ValueOf(items)
+	if itemsValue.Kind() != reflect.Slice {
+		glog.Fatal("unexpected kind for items: ", itemsValue.Kind())
+	}
+
+	length := itemsValue.Len()
+
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	w := new(tabwriter.Writer)
+
+	// Format in tab-separated columns with a tab stop of 8.
+	w.Init(out, 0, 8, 0, '\t', tabwriter.StripEscape)
+
+	writeHeader := true
+	if writeHeader {
+		for i, c := range t.columns {
+			if i != 0 {
+				b.WriteByte('\t')
+			}
+			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
+			b.WriteString(c)
+			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
+		}
+		b.WriteByte('\n')
+
+		_, err := w.Write(b.Bytes())
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error writing to output: %v", err)
+		}
+		b.Reset()
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < length; i++ {
+		item := itemsValue.Index(i)
+
+		for j := range t.columns {
+			if j != 0 {
+				b.WriteByte('\t')
+			}
+
+			getter := t.getters[j]
+			var args []reflect.Value
+			args = append(args, item)
+			fvs := getter.Call(args)
+			fv := fvs[0]
+
+			s := fi.ValueAsString(fv)
+
+			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
+			b.WriteString(s)
+			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
+		}
+		b.WriteByte('\n')
+
+		_, err := w.Write(b.Bytes())
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error writing to output: %v", err)
+		}
+		b.Reset()
+	}
+	w.Flush()
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/kops/get_cluster.go b/cmd/kops/get_cluster.go
index 62532e98af..dc597cd3a1 100644
--- a/cmd/kops/get_cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/kops/get_cluster.go
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
-	"bytes"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/api"
-	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi"
-	"os"
-	"reflect"
-	"text/tabwriter"
 )
 
 type GetClustersCmd struct {
@@ -20,8 +15,8 @@ var getClustersCmd GetClustersCmd
 
 func init() {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:     "cluster",
-		Aliases: []string{"clusters"},
+		Use:     "clusters",
+		Aliases: []string{"cluster"},
 		Short:   "get clusters",
 		Long:    `List or get clusters.`,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -41,14 +36,6 @@ func (c *GetClustersCmd) Run() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	columns := []string{}
-	fields := []func(*api.Cluster) string{}
-
-	columns = append(columns, "NAME")
-	fields = append(fields, func(c *api.Cluster) string {
-		return c.Name
-	})
-
 	var clusters []*api.Cluster
 
 	for _, clusterName := range clusterNames {
@@ -58,82 +45,17 @@ func (c *GetClustersCmd) Run() error {
 		}
 
 		// TODO: Faster if we don't read groups...
-		// We probably can just have a comand which directly reads all cluster config files
+		// We probably can just have a command which directly reads all cluster config files
 		cluster, _, err := api.ReadConfig(stateStore)
 		clusters = append(clusters, cluster)
 	}
 	if len(clusters) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return WriteTable(clusters, columns, fields)
-}
-
-func WriteTable(items interface{}, columns []string, fields interface{}) error {
-	itemsValue := reflect.ValueOf(items)
-	if itemsValue.Kind() != reflect.Slice {
-		glog.Fatal("unexpected kind for items in WriteTable: ", itemsValue.Kind())
-	}
-	fieldsValue := reflect.ValueOf(fields)
-	if fieldsValue.Kind() != reflect.Slice {
-		glog.Fatal("unexpected kind for fields in WriteTable: ", fieldsValue.Kind())
-	}
-
-	length := itemsValue.Len()
-
-	var b bytes.Buffer
-	w := new(tabwriter.Writer)
-
-	// Format in tab-separated columns with a tab stop of 8.
-	w.Init(os.Stdout, 0, 8, 0, '\t', tabwriter.StripEscape)
-
-	writeHeader := true
-	if writeHeader {
-		for i, c := range columns {
-			if i != 0 {
-				b.WriteByte('\t')
-			}
-			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
-			b.WriteString(c)
-			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
-		}
-		b.WriteByte('\n')
-
-		_, err := w.Write(b.Bytes())
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error writing to output: %v", err)
-		}
-		b.Reset()
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < length; i++ {
-		item := itemsValue.Index(i)
-
-		for j := range columns {
-			if j != 0 {
-				b.WriteByte('\t')
-			}
-
-			fieldFunc := fieldsValue.Index(j)
-			var args []reflect.Value
-			args = append(args, item)
-			fvs := fieldFunc.Call(args)
-			fv := fvs[0]
-
-			s := fi.ValueAsString(fv)
-
-			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
-			b.WriteString(s)
-			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
-		}
-		b.WriteByte('\n')
-
-		_, err := w.Write(b.Bytes())
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error writing to output: %v", err)
-		}
-		b.Reset()
-	}
-	w.Flush()
-
-	return nil
+
+	t := &Table{}
+	t.AddColumn("NAME", func(c *api.Cluster) string {
+		return c.Name
+	})
+	return t.Render(clusters, os.Stdout)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kops/get_instancegroups.go b/cmd/kops/get_instancegroups.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..354b54d885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/kops/get_instancegroups.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/api"
+)
+
+type GetInstanceGroupsCmd struct {
+}
+
+var getInstanceGroupsCmd GetInstanceGroupsCmd
+
+func init() {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "instancegroups",
+		Aliases: []string{"instancegroup", "ig"},
+		Short:   "get instancegroups",
+		Long:    `List or get InstanceGroups.`,
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			err := getInstanceGroupsCmd.Run()
+			if err != nil {
+				glog.Exitf("%v", err)
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	getCmd.AddCommand(cmd)
+}
+
+func (c *GetInstanceGroupsCmd) Run() error {
+	stateStore, err := rootCommand.StateStore()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, instancegroups, err := api.ReadConfig(stateStore)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if len(instancegroups) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	t := &Table{}
+	t.AddColumn("NAME", func(c *api.InstanceGroup) string {
+		return c.Name
+	})
+	return t.Render(instancegroups, os.Stdout)
+}