diff --git a/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go b/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go
index d6edbe2e..c7328030 100644
--- a/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/describe/versioned/describe.go
@@ -3187,7 +3187,7 @@ func describeStatefulSet(ps *appsv1.StatefulSet, selector labels.Selector, event
 		if ps.Spec.UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate != nil {
 			ru := ps.Spec.UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate
 			if ru.Partition != nil {
-				w.Write(LEVEL_1, "Partition:\t%d\n", ru.Partition)
+				w.Write(LEVEL_1, "Partition:\t%d\n", *ru.Partition)
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go b/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
index bde4fc05..7c5573bf 100644
--- a/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/describe/versioned/describe_test.go
@@ -3544,7 +3544,7 @@ func TestDescribeNode(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDescribeStatefulSet(t *testing.T) {
-	var partition int32 = 2
+	var partition int32 = 2672
 	var replicas int32 = 1
 	fake := fake.NewSimpleClientset(&appsv1.StatefulSet{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -3575,7 +3575,7 @@ func TestDescribeStatefulSet(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
 	expectedOutputs := []string{
-		"bar", "foo", "Containers:", "mytest-image:latest", "Update Strategy", "RollingUpdate", "Partition",
+		"bar", "foo", "Containers:", "mytest-image:latest", "Update Strategy", "RollingUpdate", "Partition", "2672",
 	}
 	for _, o := range expectedOutputs {
 		if !strings.Contains(out, o) {