diff --git a/pkg/apis/experimental/deep_copy_generated.go b/pkg/apis/experimental/deep_copy_generated.go
index 4b7d2b987fe..9146ffc2ce3 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/experimental/deep_copy_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/experimental/deep_copy_generated.go
@@ -1340,8 +1340,8 @@ func deepCopy_experimental_JobStatus(in JobStatus, out *JobStatus, c *conversion
 		out.CompletionTime = nil
 	}
 	out.Active = in.Active
-	out.Successful = in.Successful
-	out.Unsuccessful = in.Unsuccessful
+	out.Succeeded = in.Succeeded
+	out.Failed = in.Failed
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/experimental/types.go b/pkg/apis/experimental/types.go
index 7db4d885dd4..0fd351af48d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/experimental/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/experimental/types.go
@@ -432,11 +432,11 @@ type JobStatus struct {
 	// Active is the number of actively running pods.
 	Active int `json:"active,omitempty"`
 
-	// Successful is the number of pods which reached Phase Succeeded.
-	Successful int `json:"successful,omitempty"`
+	// Succeeded is the number of pods which reached Phase Succeeded.
+	Succeeded int `json:"succeeded,omitempty"`
 
-	// Unsuccessful is the number of pods which reached Phase Failed.
-	Unsuccessful int `json:"unsuccessful,omitempty"`
+	// Failed is the number of pods which reached Phase Failed.
+	Failed int `json:"failed,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type JobConditionType string
diff --git a/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/conversion_generated.go b/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/conversion_generated.go
index 9c72e05ff81..b52a1e9cdde 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/conversion_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/conversion_generated.go
@@ -2836,8 +2836,8 @@ func autoconvert_experimental_JobStatus_To_v1alpha1_JobStatus(in *experimental.J
 		out.CompletionTime = nil
 	}
 	out.Active = in.Active
-	out.Successful = in.Successful
-	out.Unsuccessful = in.Unsuccessful
+	out.Succeeded = in.Succeeded
+	out.Failed = in.Failed
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -3758,8 +3758,8 @@ func autoconvert_v1alpha1_JobStatus_To_experimental_JobStatus(in *JobStatus, out
 		out.CompletionTime = nil
 	}
 	out.Active = in.Active
-	out.Successful = in.Successful
-	out.Unsuccessful = in.Unsuccessful
+	out.Succeeded = in.Succeeded
+	out.Failed = in.Failed
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/deep_copy_generated.go b/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/deep_copy_generated.go
index 4cdba093231..7511e5e80b6 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/deep_copy_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/deep_copy_generated.go
@@ -1352,8 +1352,8 @@ func deepCopy_v1alpha1_JobStatus(in JobStatus, out *JobStatus, c *conversion.Clo
 		out.CompletionTime = nil
 	}
 	out.Active = in.Active
-	out.Successful = in.Successful
-	out.Unsuccessful = in.Unsuccessful
+	out.Succeeded = in.Succeeded
+	out.Failed = in.Failed
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/types.go
index 9f702614afc..a959d17e6a9 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -441,11 +441,11 @@ type JobStatus struct {
 	// Active is the number of actively running pods.
 	Active int `json:"active,omitempty"`
 
-	// Successful is the number of pods which reached Phase Succeeded.
-	Successful int `json:"successful,omitempty"`
+	// Succeeded is the number of pods which reached Phase Succeeded.
+	Succeeded int `json:"succeeded,omitempty"`
 
-	// Unsuccessful is the number of pods which reached Phase Failed.
-	Unsuccessful int `json:"unsuccessful,omitempty"`
+	// Failed is the number of pods which reached Phase Failed.
+	Failed int `json:"failed,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type JobConditionType string
diff --git a/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go b/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
index 775053d36a1..49feb57b276 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/experimental/v1alpha1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ var map_JobStatus = map[string]string{
 	"startTime":      "StartTime represents time when the job was acknowledged by the Job Manager. It is not guaranteed to be set in happens-before order across separate operations. It is represented in RFC3339 form and is in UTC.",
 	"completionTime": "CompletionTime represents time when the job was completed. It is not guaranteed to be set in happens-before order across separate operations. It is represented in RFC3339 form and is in UTC.",
 	"active":         "Active is the number of actively running pods.",
-	"successful":     "Successful is the number of pods which reached Phase Succeeded.",
-	"unsuccessful":   "Unsuccessful is the number of pods which reached Phase Failed.",
+	"succeeded":      "Succeeded is the number of pods which reached Phase Succeeded.",
+	"failed":         "Failed is the number of pods which reached Phase Failed.",
 }
 
 func (JobStatus) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/experimental/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/experimental/validation/validation.go
index 22d4a164605..bd04b7a4a48 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/experimental/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/experimental/validation/validation.go
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ func ValidateJobSpec(spec *experimental.JobSpec) errs.ValidationErrorList {
 func ValidateJobStatus(status *experimental.JobStatus) errs.ValidationErrorList {
 	allErrs := errs.ValidationErrorList{}
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, apivalidation.ValidatePositiveField(int64(status.Active), "active")...)
-	allErrs = append(allErrs, apivalidation.ValidatePositiveField(int64(status.Successful), "successful")...)
-	allErrs = append(allErrs, apivalidation.ValidatePositiveField(int64(status.Unsuccessful), "unsuccessful")...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, apivalidation.ValidatePositiveField(int64(status.Succeeded), "succeeded")...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, apivalidation.ValidatePositiveField(int64(status.Failed), "failed")...)
 	return allErrs
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/conditions.go b/pkg/client/unversioned/conditions.go
index cc6fed4d9d9..b0df788d2fa 100644
--- a/pkg/client/unversioned/conditions.go
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/conditions.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func JobHasDesiredParallelism(c Interface, job *experimental.Job) wait.Condition
 			return true, nil
 		}
 		// otherwise count successful
-		progress := *job.Spec.Completions - job.Status.Active - job.Status.Successful
+		progress := *job.Spec.Completions - job.Status.Active - job.Status.Succeeded
 		return progress == 0, nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/controller.go b/pkg/controller/job/controller.go
index 9ace279bffe..86c5d5006be 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/controller.go
@@ -322,20 +322,20 @@ func (jm *JobController) syncJob(key string) error {
 
 	activePods := controller.FilterActivePods(podList.Items)
 	active := len(activePods)
-	successful, unsuccessful := getStatus(podList.Items)
+	succeeded, failed := getStatus(podList.Items)
 	if jobNeedsSync {
-		active = jm.manageJob(activePods, successful, unsuccessful, &job)
+		active = jm.manageJob(activePods, succeeded, &job)
 	}
-	completions := successful
+	completions := succeeded
 	if completions == *job.Spec.Completions {
 		job.Status.Conditions = append(job.Status.Conditions, newCondition())
 	}
 
 	// no need to update the job if the status hasn't changed since last time
-	if job.Status.Active != active || job.Status.Successful != successful || job.Status.Unsuccessful != unsuccessful {
+	if job.Status.Active != active || job.Status.Succeeded != succeeded || job.Status.Failed != failed {
 		job.Status.Active = active
-		job.Status.Successful = successful
-		job.Status.Unsuccessful = unsuccessful
+		job.Status.Succeeded = succeeded
+		job.Status.Failed = failed
 
 		if err := jm.updateHandler(&job); err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("Failed to update job %v, requeuing.  Error: %v", job.Name, err)
@@ -354,13 +354,13 @@ func newCondition() experimental.JobCondition {
 	}
 }
 
-func getStatus(pods []api.Pod) (successful, unsuccessful int) {
-	successful = filterPods(pods, api.PodSucceeded)
-	unsuccessful = filterPods(pods, api.PodFailed)
+func getStatus(pods []api.Pod) (succeeded, failed int) {
+	succeeded = filterPods(pods, api.PodSucceeded)
+	failed = filterPods(pods, api.PodFailed)
 	return
 }
 
-func (jm *JobController) manageJob(activePods []*api.Pod, successful, unsuccessful int, job *experimental.Job) int {
+func (jm *JobController) manageJob(activePods []*api.Pod, succeeded int, job *experimental.Job) int {
 	var activeLock sync.Mutex
 	active := len(activePods)
 	parallelism := *job.Spec.Parallelism
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ func (jm *JobController) manageJob(activePods []*api.Pod, successful, unsuccessf
 
 	} else if active < parallelism {
 		// how many executions are left to run
-		diff := *job.Spec.Completions - successful
+		diff := *job.Spec.Completions - succeeded
 		// limit to parallelism and count active pods as well
 		if diff > parallelism {
 			diff = parallelism
diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/job/controller_test.go
index 93c3f096271..77e06e4fafc 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/controller_test.go
@@ -95,16 +95,16 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 		// pod setup
 		podControllerError error
 		activePods         int
-		successfulPods     int
-		unsuccessfulPods   int
+		succeededPods      int
+		failedPods         int
 
 		// expectations
-		expectedCreations    int
-		expectedDeletions    int
-		expectedActive       int
-		expectedSuccessful   int
-		expectedUnsuccessful int
-		expectedComplete     bool
+		expectedCreations int
+		expectedDeletions int
+		expectedActive    int
+		expectedSucceeded int
+		expectedFailed    int
+		expectedComplete  bool
 	}{
 		"job start": {
 			2, 5,
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 		for _, pod := range newPodList(tc.activePods, api.PodRunning, job) {
 			manager.podStore.Store.Add(&pod)
 		}
-		for _, pod := range newPodList(tc.successfulPods, api.PodSucceeded, job) {
+		for _, pod := range newPodList(tc.succeededPods, api.PodSucceeded, job) {
 			manager.podStore.Store.Add(&pod)
 		}
-		for _, pod := range newPodList(tc.unsuccessfulPods, api.PodFailed, job) {
+		for _, pod := range newPodList(tc.failedPods, api.PodFailed, job) {
 			manager.podStore.Store.Add(&pod)
 		}
 
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 		if actual.Status.Active != tc.expectedActive {
 			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected number of active pods.  Expected %d, saw %d\n", name, tc.expectedActive, actual.Status.Active)
 		}
-		if actual.Status.Successful != tc.expectedSuccessful {
-			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected number of successful pods.  Expected %d, saw %d\n", name, tc.expectedSuccessful, actual.Status.Successful)
+		if actual.Status.Succeeded != tc.expectedSucceeded {
+			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected number of succeeded pods.  Expected %d, saw %d\n", name, tc.expectedSucceeded, actual.Status.Succeeded)
 		}
-		if actual.Status.Unsuccessful != tc.expectedUnsuccessful {
-			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected number of unsuccessful pods.  Expected %d, saw %d\n", name, tc.expectedUnsuccessful, actual.Status.Unsuccessful)
+		if actual.Status.Failed != tc.expectedFailed {
+			t.Errorf("%s: unexpected number of failed pods.  Expected %d, saw %d\n", name, tc.expectedFailed, actual.Status.Failed)
 		}
 		// validate conditions
 		if tc.expectedComplete {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
index 35456a402c6..141df607322 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ func describeJob(job *experimental.Job, events *api.EventList) (string, error) {
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Parallelism:\t%d\n", *job.Spec.Parallelism)
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Completions:\t%d\n", *job.Spec.Completions)
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Labels:\t%s\n", labels.FormatLabels(job.Labels))
-		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Pods Statuses:\t%d Running / %d Succeeded / %d Failed\n", job.Status.Active, job.Status.Successful, job.Status.Unsuccessful)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Pods Statuses:\t%d Running / %d Succeeded / %d Failed\n", job.Status.Active, job.Status.Succeeded, job.Status.Failed)
 		if job.Spec.Template != nil {
 			describeVolumes(job.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes, out)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
index 97d05591771..30c7acf716f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ func printJob(job *experimental.Job, w io.Writer, withNamespace bool, wide bool,
 		firstContainer.Name,
 		firstContainer.Image,
 		labels.FormatLabels(job.Spec.Selector),
-		job.Status.Successful)
+		job.Status.Succeeded)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/job/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/job/strategy.go
index dc8e7a566d2..ae9fb5c504b 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/job/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/job/strategy.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (jobStatusStrategy) ValidateUpdate(ctx api.Context, obj, old runtime.Object
 func JobToSelectableFields(job *experimental.Job) fields.Set {
 	return fields.Set{
 		"metadata.name":     job.Name,
-		"status.successful": strconv.Itoa(job.Status.Successful),
+		"status.successful": strconv.Itoa(job.Status.Succeeded),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/job.go b/test/e2e/job.go
index 063b2066fbd..62f5acc9dfb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/job.go
+++ b/test/e2e/job.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Job", func() {
 			if err != nil {
 				return false, err
 			}
-			return curr.Status.Unsuccessful > lotsOfFailures, nil
+			return curr.Status.Failed > lotsOfFailures, nil
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -256,6 +256,6 @@ func waitForJobFinish(c *client.Client, ns, jobName string, completions int) err
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
-		return curr.Status.Successful == completions, nil
+		return curr.Status.Succeeded == completions, nil
 	})
 }