diff --git a/test/conformance/testdata/conformance.txt b/test/conformance/testdata/conformance.txt
index c76f52549f6..7a8ce77716d 100644
--- a/test/conformance/testdata/conformance.txt
+++ b/test/conformance/testdata/conformance.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go: "should perform canary updates and phased rolling
 test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go: "Scaling should happen in predictable order and halt if any stateful pod is unhealthy"
 test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go: "Burst scaling should run to completion even with unhealthy pods"
 test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go: "Should recreate evicted statefulset"
+test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go: "should have a working scale subresource"
 test/e2e/auth/service_accounts.go: "should mount an API token into pods"
 test/e2e/auth/service_accounts.go: "should allow opting out of API token automount"
 test/e2e/common/configmap.go: "should be consumable via environment variable"
diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go b/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
index 1a86b0a07a0..29b473eb4f7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
@@ -761,7 +761,14 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("StatefulSet", func() {
 			}, e2esset.StatefulPodTimeout, 2*time.Second).Should(gomega.BeNil())
 		})
 
-		ginkgo.It("should have a working scale subresource", func() {
+		/*
+			Release : v1.16
+			Testname: StatefulSet resource Replica scaling
+			Description: Create a StatefulSet resource.
+			Newly created StatefulSet resource MUST have a scale of one.
+			Bring the scale of the StatefulSet resource up to two. StatefulSet scale MUST be at two replicas.
+		*/
+		framework.ConformanceIt("should have a working scale subresource", func() {
 			ginkgo.By("Creating statefulset " + ssName + " in namespace " + ns)
 			ss := e2esset.NewStatefulSet(ssName, ns, headlessSvcName, 1, nil, nil, labels)
 			e2esset.SetHTTPProbe(ss)