diff --git a/pkg/describe/describe.go b/pkg/describe/describe.go
index 35d137052..b366c0441 100644
--- a/pkg/describe/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/describe/describe.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/camelcase"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	autoscalingv1 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"
@@ -60,6 +59,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/duration"
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import (
 	corev1client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference"
+	utilcsr "k8s.io/client-go/util/certificate/csr"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/certificate"
@@ -3690,12 +3691,13 @@ type CertificateSigningRequestDescriber struct {
 func (p *CertificateSigningRequestDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string, describerSettings DescriberSettings) (string, error) {
 
 	var (
-		crBytes    []byte
-		metadata   metav1.ObjectMeta
-		status     string
-		signerName string
-		username   string
-		events     *corev1.EventList
+		crBytes           []byte
+		metadata          metav1.ObjectMeta
+		status            string
+		signerName        string
+		expirationSeconds *int32
+		username          string
+		events            *corev1.EventList
 	)
 
 	if csr, err := p.client.CertificatesV1().CertificateSigningRequests().Get(context.TODO(), name, metav1.GetOptions{}); err == nil {
@@ -3707,6 +3709,7 @@ func (p *CertificateSigningRequestDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string, de
 		}
 		status = extractCSRStatus(conditionTypes, csr.Status.Certificate)
 		signerName = csr.Spec.SignerName
+		expirationSeconds = csr.Spec.ExpirationSeconds
 		username = csr.Spec.Username
 		if describerSettings.ShowEvents {
 			events, _ = searchEvents(p.client.CoreV1(), csr, describerSettings.ChunkSize)
@@ -3722,6 +3725,7 @@ func (p *CertificateSigningRequestDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string, de
 		if csr.Spec.SignerName != nil {
 			signerName = *csr.Spec.SignerName
 		}
+		expirationSeconds = csr.Spec.ExpirationSeconds
 		username = csr.Spec.Username
 		if describerSettings.ShowEvents {
 			events, _ = searchEvents(p.client.CoreV1(), csr, describerSettings.ChunkSize)
@@ -3735,10 +3739,10 @@ func (p *CertificateSigningRequestDescriber) Describe(namespace, name string, de
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("Error parsing CSR: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	return describeCertificateSigningRequest(metadata, signerName, username, cr, status, events)
+	return describeCertificateSigningRequest(metadata, signerName, expirationSeconds, username, cr, status, events)
 }
 
-func describeCertificateSigningRequest(csr metav1.ObjectMeta, signerName string, username string, cr *x509.CertificateRequest, status string, events *corev1.EventList) (string, error) {
+func describeCertificateSigningRequest(csr metav1.ObjectMeta, signerName string, expirationSeconds *int32, username string, cr *x509.CertificateRequest, status string, events *corev1.EventList) (string, error) {
 	printListHelper := func(w PrefixWriter, prefix, name string, values []string) {
 		if len(values) == 0 {
 			return
@@ -3758,6 +3762,9 @@ func describeCertificateSigningRequest(csr metav1.ObjectMeta, signerName string,
 		if len(signerName) > 0 {
 			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Signer:\t%s\n", signerName)
 		}
+		if expirationSeconds != nil {
+			w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Requested Duration:\t%s\n", duration.HumanDuration(utilcsr.ExpirationSecondsToDuration(*expirationSeconds)))
+		}
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Status:\t%s\n", status)
 
 		w.Write(LEVEL_0, "Subject:\n")