diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 3a1f148c..159261a4 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/api",
-			"Rev": "eb909d5fe0e7"
+			"Rev": "1fc28ea2498c"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "k8s.io/apimachinery",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1105ca8c..3ce0bef1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.5.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200319202348-eb909d5fe0e7
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200320042356-1fc28ea2498c
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200319202151-147abd67b880
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200229041039-0a110f9eb7ab
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ require (
 replace (
 	golang.org/x/sys => golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a // pinned to release-branch.go1.13
 	golang.org/x/tools => golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190821162956-65e3620a7ae7 // pinned to release-branch.go1.13
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200319202348-eb909d5fe0e7
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200320042356-1fc28ea2498c
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200319202151-147abd67b880
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b787a266..fbfeca82 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 h1:obN1ZagJSUGI0Ek/LBmuj4SNLPfIny3KsKFopxRdj10=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190106161140-3f1c8253044a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200319202348-eb909d5fe0e7/go.mod h1:5nMyHS4bWX496fulniJ+Sws3P6GLvaP43GadMObLf58=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20200320042356-1fc28ea2498c/go.mod h1:5nMyHS4bWX496fulniJ+Sws3P6GLvaP43GadMObLf58=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20200319202151-147abd67b880/go.mod h1:yKN3QjQfKl8UdUL9RQ+/1VkR7nIUs7w02zC5CXhD+G0=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20190128074634-0689ccc1d7d6/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8IAqLxYwwyPxAX1Pzy0ii0=
 k8s.io/klog v0.0.0-20181102134211-b9b56d5dfc92/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
diff --git a/tools/cache/controller.go b/tools/cache/controller.go
index 5d582119..9a706821 100644
--- a/tools/cache/controller.go
+++ b/tools/cache/controller.go
@@ -183,9 +183,11 @@ func (c *controller) processLoop() {
 	}
 }
 
-// ResourceEventHandler can handle notifications for events that happen to a
-// resource. The events are informational only, so you can't return an
-// error.
+// ResourceEventHandler can handle notifications for events that
+// happen to a resource. The events are informational only, so you
+// can't return an error.  The handlers MUST NOT modify the objects
+// received; this concerns not only the top level of structure but all
+// the data structures reachable from it.
 //  * OnAdd is called when an object is added.
 //  * OnUpdate is called when an object is modified. Note that oldObj is the
 //      last known state of the object-- it is possible that several changes
@@ -205,7 +207,8 @@ type ResourceEventHandler interface {
 
 // ResourceEventHandlerFuncs is an adaptor to let you easily specify as many or
 // as few of the notification functions as you want while still implementing
-// ResourceEventHandler.
+// ResourceEventHandler.  This adapter does not remove the prohibition against
+// modifying the objects.
 type ResourceEventHandlerFuncs struct {
 	AddFunc    func(obj interface{})
 	UpdateFunc func(oldObj, newObj interface{})
@@ -237,6 +240,7 @@ func (r ResourceEventHandlerFuncs) OnDelete(obj interface{}) {
 // in, ensuring the appropriate nested handler method is invoked. An object
 // that starts passing the filter after an update is considered an add, and an
 // object that stops passing the filter after an update is considered a delete.
+// Like the handlers, the filter MUST NOT modify the objects it is given.
 type FilteringResourceEventHandler struct {
 	FilterFunc func(obj interface{}) bool
 	Handler    ResourceEventHandler
diff --git a/tools/cache/shared_informer.go b/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
index df8c67dc..8caa818e 100644
--- a/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
+++ b/tools/cache/shared_informer.go
@@ -34,29 +34,31 @@ import (
 // SharedInformer provides eventually consistent linkage of its
 // clients to the authoritative state of a given collection of
 // objects.  An object is identified by its API group, kind/resource,
-// namespace, and name; the `ObjectMeta.UID` is not part of an
-// object's ID as far as this contract is concerned.  One
+// namespace (if any), and name; the `ObjectMeta.UID` is not part of
+// an object's ID as far as this contract is concerned.  One
 // SharedInformer provides linkage to objects of a particular API
 // group and kind/resource.  The linked object collection of a
-// SharedInformer may be further restricted to one namespace and/or by
-// label selector and/or field selector.
+// SharedInformer may be further restricted to one namespace (if
+// applicable) and/or by label selector and/or field selector.
 //
 // The authoritative state of an object is what apiservers provide
 // access to, and an object goes through a strict sequence of states.
-// An object state is either "absent" or present with a
-// ResourceVersion and other appropriate content.
+// An object state is either (1) present with a ResourceVersion and
+// other appropriate content or (2) "absent".
 //
-// A SharedInformer maintains a local cache, exposed by GetStore() and
-// by GetIndexer() in the case of an indexed informer, of the state of
-// each relevant object.  This cache is eventually consistent with the
-// authoritative state.  This means that, unless prevented by
-// persistent communication problems, if ever a particular object ID X
-// is authoritatively associated with a state S then for every
-// SharedInformer I whose collection includes (X, S) eventually either
-// (1) I's cache associates X with S or a later state of X, (2) I is
-// stopped, or (3) the authoritative state service for X terminates.
-// To be formally complete, we say that the absent state meets any
-// restriction by label selector or field selector.
+// A SharedInformer maintains a local cache --- exposed by GetStore(),
+// by GetIndexer() in the case of an indexed informer, and possibly by
+// machinery involved in creating and/or accessing the informer --- of
+// the state of each relevant object.  This cache is eventually
+// consistent with the authoritative state.  This means that, unless
+// prevented by persistent communication problems, if ever a
+// particular object ID X is authoritatively associated with a state S
+// then for every SharedInformer I whose collection includes (X, S)
+// eventually either (1) I's cache associates X with S or a later
+// state of X, (2) I is stopped, or (3) the authoritative state
+// service for X terminates.  To be formally complete, we say that the
+// absent state meets any restriction by label selector or field
+// selector.
 //
 // For a given informer and relevant object ID X, the sequence of
 // states that appears in the informer's cache is a subsequence of the
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ import (
 // added before `Run()`, eventually either the SharedInformer is
 // stopped or the client is notified of the update.  A client added
 // after `Run()` starts gets a startup batch of notifications of
-// additions of the object existing in the cache at the time that
+// additions of the objects existing in the cache at the time that
 // client was added; also, for every update to the SharedInformer's
 // local cache after that client was added, eventually either the
 // SharedInformer is stopped or that client is notified of that