diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/logs.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/logs.go
index a1bfc5984b55..7924ba7c24fb 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/logs.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/logs.go
@@ -97,5 +97,5 @@ var logsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	logsCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&followLogs, "follow", "f", false, "Show only the most recent journal entries, and continuously print new entries as they are appended to the journal.")
 	logsCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&showProblems, "problems", false, "Show only log entries which point to known problems")
-	logsCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&numberOfLines, "length", "n", 50, "Number of lines back to go within the log")
+	logsCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&numberOfLines, "length", "n", 30, "Number of lines back to go within the log")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
index 0d88ef1c2863..88ed475be12b 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
@@ -136,3 +136,8 @@ func (r *Containerd) StopContainers(ids []string) error {
 func (r *Containerd) ContainerLogCmd(id string, len int, follow bool) string {
 	return criContainerLogCmd(id, len, follow)
 }
+
+// SystemLogCmd returns the command to retrieve system logs
+func (r *Containerd) SystemLogCmd(len int) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("sudo journalctl -u containerd -n %d", len)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
index 03711280a817..4c9a8bb1929e 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
@@ -133,3 +133,8 @@ func (r *CRIO) StopContainers(ids []string) error {
 func (r *CRIO) ContainerLogCmd(id string, len int, follow bool) string {
 	return criContainerLogCmd(id, len, follow)
 }
+
+// SystemLogCmd returns the command to retrieve system logs
+func (r *CRIO) SystemLogCmd(len int) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("sudo journalctl -u crio -n %d", len)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go
index 645c15c0b4f2..b7b74e131094 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/cruntime.go
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ type Manager interface {
 	StopContainers([]string) error
 	// ContainerLogCmd returns the command to retrieve the log for a container based on ID
 	ContainerLogCmd(string, int, bool) string
+	// SystemLogCmd returns the command to return the system logs
+	SystemLogCmd(int) string
 }
 
 // Config is runtime configuration
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
index 709d8e67b5f5..817049aff132 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/docker.go
@@ -153,3 +153,8 @@ func (r *Docker) ContainerLogCmd(id string, len int, follow bool) string {
 	cmd.WriteString(id)
 	return cmd.String()
 }
+
+// SystemLogCmd returns the command to retrieve system logs
+func (r *Docker) SystemLogCmd(len int) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("sudo journalctl -u docker -n %d", len)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/logs/logs.go b/pkg/minikube/logs/logs.go
index cc6d67a4116b..8107047aa7da 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/logs/logs.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/logs/logs.go
@@ -113,16 +113,14 @@ func OutputProblems(problems map[string][]string, maxLines int) {
 // Output displays logs from multiple sources in tail(1) format
 func Output(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, runner command.Runner, lines int) error {
 	cmds := logCommands(r, bs, lines, false)
-
-	// These are not technically logs, but are useful to have in bug reports.
 	cmds["kernel"] = "uptime && uname -a && grep PRETTY /etc/os-release"
 
 	names := []string{}
 	for k := range cmds {
 		names = append(names, k)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(names)
 
+	sort.Strings(names)
 	failed := []string{}
 	for i, name := range names {
 		if i > 0 {
@@ -130,6 +128,7 @@ func Output(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, runner command.Run
 		}
 		out.T(out.Empty, "==> {{.name}} <==", out.V{"name": name})
 		var b bytes.Buffer
+
 		err := runner.CombinedOutputTo(cmds[name], &b)
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("failed: %v", err)
@@ -141,6 +140,7 @@ func Output(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, runner command.Run
 			out.T(out.Empty, scanner.Text())
 		}
 	}
+
 	if len(failed) > 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to fetch logs for: %s", strings.Join(failed, ", "))
 	}
@@ -163,5 +163,8 @@ func logCommands(r cruntime.Manager, bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, length int, f
 		}
 		cmds[pod] = r.ContainerLogCmd(ids[0], length, follow)
 	}
+	cmds[r.Name()] = r.SystemLogCmd(length)
+	// Works across container runtimes with good formatting
+	cmds["container status"] = "sudo crictl ps -a"
 	return cmds
 }