diff --git a/pkg/kn/commands/service/describe.go b/pkg/kn/commands/service/describe.go
index b893187004..6b75715176 100644
--- a/pkg/kn/commands/service/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kn/commands/service/describe.go
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ func writeService(dw printers.PrefixWriter, service *v1alpha1.Service) {
 		url := service.Status.Address.GetURL()
 		dw.WriteAttribute("Address", url.String())
 	}
+	if (service.Spec.Template != nil) && (service.Spec.Template.Spec.ServiceAccountName != "") {
+		dw.WriteAttribute("ServiceAccount", service.Spec.Template.Spec.ServiceAccountName)
+	}
 }
 
 // Write out revisions associated with this service. By default only active
diff --git a/pkg/kn/commands/service/describe_test.go b/pkg/kn/commands/service/describe_test.go
index c6aebfa684..12a88b13a6 100644
--- a/pkg/kn/commands/service/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kn/commands/service/describe_test.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func TestServiceDescribeBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	// Recording:
 	r := client.Recorder()
 	// Prepare service
-	expectedService := createTestService("foo", []string{"rev1"}, goodConditions())
+	expectedService := createTestServiceWithServiceAccount("foo", []string{"rev1"}, "default-sa", goodConditions())
 
 	// Get service & revision
 	r.GetService("foo", &expectedService, nil)
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func TestServiceDescribeBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Assert(t, cmp.Regexp(`(?m)\s*Annotations:.*\.\.\.$`, output))
 	assert.Assert(t, util.ContainsAll(output, "Labels:", "label1=lval1, label2=lval2\n"))
 	assert.Assert(t, util.ContainsAll(output, "[1]"))
+	assert.Assert(t, cmp.Regexp("ServiceAccount: \\s+default-sa", output))
 
 	assert.Equal(t, strings.Count(output, "rev1"), 1)
 
@@ -546,6 +547,26 @@ func createTestService(name string, revisionNames []string, conditions duckv1.Co
 		}
 		service.Status.Traffic = trafficTargets
 	}
+
+	return service
+}
+
+func createTestServiceWithServiceAccount(name string, revisionNames []string, serviceAccountName string, conditions duckv1.Conditions) v1alpha1.Service {
+	service := createTestService(name, revisionNames, conditions)
+
+	if serviceAccountName != "" {
+		template := v1alpha1.RevisionTemplateSpec{
+			Spec: v1alpha1.RevisionSpec{
+				RevisionSpec: servingv1.RevisionSpec{
+					PodSpec: v1.PodSpec{
+						ServiceAccountName: serviceAccountName,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		service.Spec.Template = &template
+	}
+
 	return service
 }