diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index d2e04581..0cd39aa3 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery",
-			"Rev": "9254095ca5ca"
+			"Rev": "1bdd76d09076"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/gengo",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b4077b07..e85e8b16 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20191202225959-858c2ad4c8b6
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20191024005414-555d28b269f0
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200821051526-051d027c14e1
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200821051348-9254095ca5ca
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200827091422-1bdd76d09076
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200729134348-d5654de09c73
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ require (
 
 replace (
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200821051526-051d027c14e1
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200821051348-9254095ca5ca
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200827091422-1bdd76d09076
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3d081ab7..fe08b20b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200821051526-051d027c14e1/go.mod h1:6DKPkNII5GHfkmzU2WRXuDEJXvErpzTgkC/GRlsMFOQ=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200821051348-9254095ca5ca/go.mod h1:DnPGDnARWFvYa3pMHgSxtbZb7gpzzAZ1pTfaUNDVlmA=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200827091422-1bdd76d09076/go.mod h1:DnPGDnARWFvYa3pMHgSxtbZb7gpzzAZ1pTfaUNDVlmA=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0 h1:XRvcwJozkgZ1UQJmfMGpvRthQHOvihEhYtDfAaxMz/A=
diff --git a/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go b/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
index 4a532968..2c0ee381 100644
--- a/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
+++ b/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ type LeaderElector struct {
 	name string
 }
 
-// Run starts the leader election loop
+// Run starts the leader election loop. Run will not return
+// before leader election loop is stopped by ctx or it has
+// stopped holding the leader lease
 func (le *LeaderElector) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	defer runtime.HandleCrash()
 	defer func() {
@@ -210,7 +212,8 @@ func (le *LeaderElector) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 }
 
 // RunOrDie starts a client with the provided config or panics if the config
-// fails to validate.
+// fails to validate. RunOrDie blocks until leader election loop is
+// stopped by ctx or it has stopped holding the leader lease
 func RunOrDie(ctx context.Context, lec LeaderElectionConfig) {
 	le, err := NewLeaderElector(lec)
 	if err != nil {