diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index fd362d2e79e..7ead4514f40 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -36012,7 +36012,7 @@
     ],
     "properties": {
      "observedGeneration": {
-      "description": "most recent generation observed by this autoscaler.",
+      "description": "most recent generation observed by this StatefulSet.",
       "type": "integer",
       "format": "int64"
      },
diff --git a/api/swagger-spec/apps_v1beta1.json b/api/swagger-spec/apps_v1beta1.json
index 52d2f413d2a..8d5e96804c7 100644
--- a/api/swagger-spec/apps_v1beta1.json
+++ b/api/swagger-spec/apps_v1beta1.json
@@ -2891,7 +2891,7 @@
      "observedGeneration": {
       "type": "integer",
       "format": "int64",
-      "description": "most recent generation observed by this autoscaler."
+      "description": "most recent generation observed by this StatefulSet."
      },
      "replicas": {
       "type": "integer",
diff --git a/docs/api-reference/apps/v1beta1/definitions.html b/docs/api-reference/apps/v1beta1/definitions.html
index 4fc1d34da8b..78e85fea74c 100755
--- a/docs/api-reference/apps/v1beta1/definitions.html
+++ b/docs/api-reference/apps/v1beta1/definitions.html
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ span.icon > [class^="icon-"], span.icon > [class*=" icon-"] { cursor: default; }
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">observedGeneration</p></td>
-<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">most recent generation observed by this autoscaler.</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">most recent generation observed by this StatefulSet.</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">false</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">integer (int64)</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
@@ -4875,7 +4875,7 @@ Examples:<br>
 </div>
 <div id="footer">
 <div id="footer-text">
-Last updated 2016-12-16 14:44:13 UTC
+Last updated 2016-12-19 12:58:07 UTC
 </div>
 </div>
 </body>
diff --git a/pkg/apis/apps/types.go b/pkg/apis/apps/types.go
index b389954314d..0fcba2373d4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/apps/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/apps/types.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ type StatefulSetSpec struct {
 
 // StatefulSetStatus represents the current state of a StatefulSet.
 type StatefulSetStatus struct {
-	// most recent generation observed by this autoscaler.
+	// most recent generation observed by this StatefulSet.
 	// +optional
 	ObservedGeneration *int64
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/generated.proto b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/generated.proto
index 0e58bfd78d7..80c328ff061 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/generated.proto
+++ b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/generated.proto
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ message StatefulSetSpec {
 
 // StatefulSetStatus represents the current state of a StatefulSet.
 message StatefulSetStatus {
-  // most recent generation observed by this autoscaler.
+  // most recent generation observed by this StatefulSet.
   // +optional
   optional int64 observedGeneration = 1;
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/types.go b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/types.go
index edf434ca8bc..7fc4bb238b8 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ type StatefulSetSpec struct {
 
 // StatefulSetStatus represents the current state of a StatefulSet.
 type StatefulSetStatus struct {
-	// most recent generation observed by this autoscaler.
+	// most recent generation observed by this StatefulSet.
 	// +optional
 	ObservedGeneration *int64 `json:"observedGeneration,omitempty" protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=observedGeneration"`
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
index 837181c1c0c..e95d417c488 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (StatefulSetSpec) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
 
 var map_StatefulSetStatus = map[string]string{
 	"":                   "StatefulSetStatus represents the current state of a StatefulSet.",
-	"observedGeneration": "most recent generation observed by this autoscaler.",
+	"observedGeneration": "most recent generation observed by this StatefulSet.",
 	"replicas":           "Replicas is the number of actual replicas.",
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index 9cb6d540cf3..a181e95abfb 100644
--- a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -12050,7 +12050,7 @@ var OpenAPIDefinitions *common.OpenAPIDefinitions = &common.OpenAPIDefinitions{
 				Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
 					"observedGeneration": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "most recent generation observed by this autoscaler.",
+							Description: "most recent generation observed by this StatefulSet.",
 							Type:        []string{"integer"},
 							Format:      "int64",
 						},