diff --git a/config/crds/cluster_v1alpha1_machine.yaml b/config/crds/cluster_v1alpha1_machine.yaml
index d0827cc1b081..ecc0f00fac60 100644
--- a/config/crds/cluster_v1alpha1_machine.yaml
+++ b/config/crds/cluster_v1alpha1_machine.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ spec:
   - JSONPath: .status.nodeRef.name
     description: Node name associated with this machine
     name: NodeName
-    type: string
     priority: 1
+    type: string
   group: cluster.k8s.io
   names:
     kind: Machine
diff --git a/pkg/apis/cluster/v1alpha1/machine_types.go b/pkg/apis/cluster/v1alpha1/machine_types.go
index 427e7a30361c..ac5623bad3d9 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/cluster/v1alpha1/machine_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/cluster/v1alpha1/machine_types.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const (
 // +kubebuilder:subresource:status
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="ProviderID",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.providerID",description="Provider ID"
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Phase",type="string",JSONPath=".status.phase",description="Machine status such as Terminating/Pending/Running/Failed etc"
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="NodeName",type="string",JSONPath=".status.nodeRef.name",description="Node name associated with this machine",priority=1
 type Machine struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`
 	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`