diff --git a/config/300-pipelinerun.yaml b/config/300-pipelinerun.yaml
index ec5da1f9efb..e8a7fdaa53d 100644
--- a/config/300-pipelinerun.yaml
+++ b/config/300-pipelinerun.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ spec:
     categories:
     - all
     - tekton-pipelines
+    shortNames:
+    - pr
+    - prs
   scope: Namespaced
   additionalPrinterColumns:
     - JSONPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type=="Succeeded")].status
diff --git a/config/300-taskrun.yaml b/config/300-taskrun.yaml
index f4edfb160df..d9bb6581763 100644
--- a/config/300-taskrun.yaml
+++ b/config/300-taskrun.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ spec:
     categories:
     - all
     - tekton-pipelines
+    shortNames:
+    - tr
+    - trs
   scope: Namespaced
   additionalPrinterColumns:
   - name: Succeeded
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index bbf217254a9..e7af6494a76 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ test-git-ref      Succeeded   True      2019-02-11T21:21:02Z
 test-git-tag      Succeeded   True      2019-02-11T21:21:02Z
 ```
 
+
 ```shell
 $ kubectl get pipelineruns -o=custom-columns-file=./test/columns.txt
 NAME                  TYPE        STATUS    START
 demo-pipeline-run-1   Succeeded   True      2019-02-11T21:21:03Z
 output-pipeline-run   Succeeded   True      2019-02-11T21:35:43Z
 ```
+
+You can also use `kubectl get tr` or `kubectl get pr` to query all `taskruns` or `pipelineruns` respectively.