diff --git a/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/printer.go b/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/printer.go
index de35be86c..f5ad15d6d 100644
--- a/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/printer.go
+++ b/etcdctl/ctlv3/command/printer.go
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ func NewPrinter(printerType string, isHex bool) printer {
 	switch printerType {
 	case "simple":
 		return &simplePrinter{isHex: isHex}
+	case "fields":
+		return &fieldsPrinter{}
 	case "json":
 		return &jsonPrinter{}
 	case "protobuf":
@@ -329,3 +331,127 @@ func printPB(m pbMarshal) {
 	}
 	fmt.Printf(string(b))
 }
+
+type fieldsPrinter struct{}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) kv(pfx string, kv *spb.KeyValue) {
+	fmt.Printf("\"%sKey\" : %q\n", pfx, string(kv.Key))
+	fmt.Printf("\"%sCreateRevision\" : %d\n", pfx, kv.CreateRevision)
+	fmt.Printf("\"%sModRevision\" : %d\n", pfx, kv.ModRevision)
+	fmt.Printf("\"%sVersion\" : %d\n", pfx, kv.Version)
+	fmt.Printf("\"%sValue\" : %q\n", pfx, string(kv.Value))
+	fmt.Printf("\"%sLease\" : %d\n", pfx, string(kv.Lease))
+}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) hdr(h *pb.ResponseHeader) {
+	fmt.Println(`"ClusterID" :`, h.ClusterId)
+	fmt.Println(`"MemberID" :`, h.MemberId)
+	fmt.Println(`"Revision" :`, h.Revision)
+	fmt.Println(`"RaftTerm" :`, h.RaftTerm)
+}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) Del(r v3.DeleteResponse) {
+	p.hdr(r.Header)
+	fmt.Println(`"Deleted" :`, r.Deleted)
+	for _, kv := range r.PrevKvs {
+		p.kv("Prev", kv)
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) Get(r v3.GetResponse) {
+	p.hdr(r.Header)
+	for _, kv := range r.Kvs {
+		p.kv("", kv)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(`"More" :`, r.More)
+	fmt.Println(`"Count" :`, r.Count)
+}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) Put(r v3.PutResponse) {
+	p.hdr(r.Header)
+	if r.PrevKv != nil {
+		p.kv("Prev", r.PrevKv)
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) Txn(r v3.TxnResponse) {
+	p.hdr(r.Header)
+	fmt.Println(`"Succeeded" :`, r.Succeeded)
+	for _, resp := range r.Responses {
+		switch v := resp.Response.(type) {
+		case *pb.ResponseOp_ResponseDeleteRange:
+			p.Del((v3.DeleteResponse)(*v.ResponseDeleteRange))
+		case *pb.ResponseOp_ResponsePut:
+			p.Put((v3.PutResponse)(*v.ResponsePut))
+		case *pb.ResponseOp_ResponseRange:
+			p.Get((v3.GetResponse)(*v.ResponseRange))
+		default:
+			fmt.Printf("\"Unknown\" : %q\n", fmt.Sprintf("%+v", v))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) Watch(resp v3.WatchResponse) {
+	p.hdr(&resp.Header)
+	for _, e := range resp.Events {
+		fmt.Println(`"Type" : `, e.Type)
+		if e.PrevKv != nil {
+			p.kv("Prev", e.PrevKv)
+		}
+		p.kv("", e.Kv)
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) TimeToLive(r v3.LeaseTimeToLiveResponse, keys bool) {
+	p.hdr(r.ResponseHeader)
+	fmt.Println(`"ID" :`, r.ID)
+	fmt.Println(`"TTL" :`, r.TTL)
+	fmt.Println(`"GrantedTTL" :`, r.GrantedTTL)
+	for _, k := range r.Keys {
+		fmt.Printf("\"Key\" : %q\n", string(k))
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) MemberList(r v3.MemberListResponse) {
+	p.hdr(r.Header)
+	for _, m := range r.Members {
+		fmt.Println(`"ID" :`, m.ID)
+		fmt.Printf("\"Name\" : %q\n", m.Name)
+		for _, u := range m.PeerURLs {
+			fmt.Printf("\"PeerURL\" : %q\n", u)
+		}
+		for _, u := range m.ClientURLs {
+			fmt.Printf("\"ClientURL\" : %q\n", u)
+		}
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) EndpointStatus(eps []epStatus) {
+	for _, ep := range eps {
+		p.hdr(ep.Resp.Header)
+		fmt.Printf("\"Version\" : %q\n", ep.Resp.Version)
+		fmt.Println(`"DBSize" :"`, ep.Resp.DbSize)
+		fmt.Println(`"Leader" :"`, ep.Resp.Leader)
+		fmt.Println(`"RaftIndex" :"`, ep.Resp.RaftIndex)
+		fmt.Println(`"RaftTerm" :"`, ep.Resp.RaftTerm)
+		fmt.Printf("\"Endpoint\" : %q\n", ep.Ep)
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) Alarm(r v3.AlarmResponse) {
+	p.hdr(r.Header)
+	for _, a := range r.Alarms {
+		fmt.Println(`"MemberID" :`, a.MemberID)
+		fmt.Println(`"AlarmType" :`, a.Alarm)
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *fieldsPrinter) DBStatus(r dbstatus) {
+	fmt.Println(`"Hash" :`, r.Hash)
+	fmt.Println(`"Revision" :`, r.Revision)
+	fmt.Println(`"Keys" :`, r.TotalKey)
+	fmt.Println(`"Size" :`, r.TotalSize)
+}
diff --git a/etcdctl/ctlv3/ctl.go b/etcdctl/ctlv3/ctl.go
index 36b0462d3..780e9f7ff 100644
--- a/etcdctl/ctlv3/ctl.go
+++ b/etcdctl/ctlv3/ctl.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var (
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&globalFlags.Endpoints, "endpoints", []string{"127.0.0.1:2379"}, "gRPC endpoints")
 
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&globalFlags.OutputFormat, "write-out", "w", "simple", "set the output format (json, proto, simple, table)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&globalFlags.OutputFormat, "write-out", "w", "simple", "set the output format (fields, json, proto, simple, table)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&globalFlags.IsHex, "hex", false, "print byte strings as hex encoded strings")
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().DurationVar(&globalFlags.DialTimeout, "dial-timeout", defaultDialTimeout, "dial timeout for client connections")