diff --git a/pkg/phase/command.go b/pkg/phase/command.go
index be2c981df..9efae238d 100644
--- a/pkg/phase/command.go
+++ b/pkg/phase/command.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ type PlanListCommand struct {
 	Writer  io.Writer
 }
 
-// RunE runs a phase plan command
+// RunE runs a plan list command
 func (c *PlanListCommand) RunE() error {
 	cfg, err := c.Factory()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (c *PlanListCommand) RunE() error {
 	descriptionCol := table.ColumnDef{
 		ColumnName:   "description",
 		ColumnHeader: "DESCRIPTION",
-		ColumnWidth:  40,
+		ColumnWidth:  200,
 		PrintResourceFunc: func(w io.Writer, width int, r table.Resource) (int, error) {
 			rs := r.ResourceStatus()
 			if rs == nil {
@@ -203,7 +203,12 @@ func (c *PlanListCommand) RunE() error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return 0, err
 			}
-			return fmt.Fprint(w, plan.Description)
+			txt := plan.Description
+			if len(txt) > width {
+				txt = txt[:width]
+			}
+			_, err = fmt.Fprint(w, txt)
+			return len(txt), err
 		},
 	}
 	printer.Columns = append(printer.Columns, descriptionCol)
diff --git a/pkg/phase/command_test.go b/pkg/phase/command_test.go
index 10335b984..352936f47 100644
--- a/pkg/phase/command_test.go
+++ b/pkg/phase/command_test.go
@@ -111,9 +111,11 @@ func TestRunCommand(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestListCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	outputString1 := "NAMESPACE   RESOURCE                                  CLUSTER " +
-		"NAME          EXECUTOR              DOC ENTRYPOINT                          "
+		"NAME          EXECUTOR              DOC ENTRYPOINT                     " +
+		"                                                                 "
 	outputString2 := "            Phase/phase                               ephemeral" +
-		"-cluster     KubernetesApply       ephemeral/phase                         "
+		"-cluster     KubernetesApply       ephemeral/phase                      " +
+		"                                                               "
 	yamlOutput := `---
 - apiVersion: airshipit.org/v1alpha1
   config:
@@ -348,8 +350,13 @@ func TestPlanListCommand(t *testing.T) {
 				return conf, nil
 			},
 			expectedOut: [][]byte{
-				[]byte("NAMESPACE   RESOURCE                                  DESCRIPTION                             "),
-				[]byte("            PhasePlan/phasePlan                       Default phase plan                      "),
+				[]byte("NAMESPACE   RESOURCE                                  DESCRIPTION                                        " +
+					"                                                                                                        " +
+					"                                             "),
+				[]byte("            PhasePlan/phasePlan                       Default phase plan" +
+					"                                                                            " +
+					"                                                                            " +
+					"                              "),
 				{},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/phase/printers.go b/pkg/phase/printers.go
index 1a3a5712d..3e5352b2a 100644
--- a/pkg/phase/printers.go
+++ b/pkg/phase/printers.go
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ func PrintPhaseListTable(w io.Writer, phases []*v1alpha1.Phase) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return 0, nil
 			}
-			return fmt.Fprintf(w, phase.ClusterName)
+			txt := phase.ClusterName
+			if len(txt) > width {
+				txt = txt[:width]
+			}
+			_, err = fmt.Fprintf(w, txt)
+			return len(txt), err
 		},
 	}
 	executorrefkindCol := table.ColumnDef{
@@ -57,20 +62,30 @@ func PrintPhaseListTable(w io.Writer, phases []*v1alpha1.Phase) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return 0, nil
 			}
-			return fmt.Fprintf(w, phase.Config.ExecutorRef.Kind)
+			txt := phase.Config.ExecutorRef.Kind
+			if len(txt) > width {
+				txt = txt[:width]
+			}
+			_, err = fmt.Fprintf(w, txt)
+			return len(txt), err
 		},
 	}
 	docentrypointCol := table.ColumnDef{
 		ColumnName:   "docentrypoint",
 		ColumnHeader: "DOC ENTRYPOINT",
-		ColumnWidth:  40,
+		ColumnWidth:  100,
 		PrintResourceFunc: func(w io.Writer, width int, r table.Resource) (int,
 			error) {
 			phase, err := phaseFromResource(r)
 			if err != nil {
 				return 0, nil
 			}
-			return fmt.Fprintf(w, phase.Config.DocumentEntryPoint)
+			txt := phase.Config.DocumentEntryPoint
+			if len(txt) > width {
+				txt = txt[:width]
+			}
+			_, err = fmt.Fprintf(w, txt)
+			return len(txt), err
 		},
 	}
 	printer.Columns = append(printer.Columns, clusternameCol, executorrefkindCol, docentrypointCol)