diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
index 45008378cff..bb8d8dc7e2c 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func NewServerRunOptions() *ServerRunOptions {
 		EnableLogsHandler:      true,
 		EventTTL:               1 * time.Hour,
 		MasterCount:            1,
-		EndpointReconcilerType: string(reconcilers.MasterCountReconcilerType),
+		EndpointReconcilerType: string(reconcilers.LeaseEndpointReconcilerType),
 		KubeletConfig: kubeletclient.KubeletClientConfig{
 			Port:         ports.KubeletPort,
 			ReadOnlyPort: ports.KubeletReadOnlyPort,
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (s *ServerRunOptions) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		"Currently only applies to long-running requests.")
 
 	fs.IntVar(&s.MasterCount, "apiserver-count", s.MasterCount,
-		"The number of apiservers running in the cluster, must be a positive number.")
+		"The number of apiservers running in the cluster, must be a positive number. (In use when --endpoint-reconciler-type=master-count is enabled.)")
 
 	fs.StringVar(&s.EndpointReconcilerType, "endpoint-reconciler-type", string(s.EndpointReconcilerType),
 		"Use an endpoint reconciler ("+strings.Join(reconcilers.AllTypes.Names(), ", ")+")")
diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go
index 98629c30a60..3e931ca619c 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestAddFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		"--enable-aggregator-routing=true",
 		"--enable-logs-handler=false",
 		"--enable-swagger-ui=true",
-		"--endpoint-reconciler-type=" + string(reconcilers.MasterCountReconcilerType),
+		"--endpoint-reconciler-type=" + string(reconcilers.LeaseEndpointReconcilerType),
 		"--etcd-quorum-read=false",
 		"--etcd-keyfile=/var/run/kubernetes/etcd.key",
 		"--etcd-certfile=/var/run/kubernetes/etcdce.crt",
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func TestAddFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		ServiceNodePortRange:   kubeoptions.DefaultServiceNodePortRange,
 		ServiceClusterIPRange:  kubeoptions.DefaultServiceIPCIDR,
 		MasterCount:            5,
-		EndpointReconcilerType: string(reconcilers.MasterCountReconcilerType),
+		EndpointReconcilerType: string(reconcilers.LeaseEndpointReconcilerType),
 		AllowPrivileged:        false,
 		GenericServerRunOptions: &apiserveroptions.ServerRunOptions{
 			AdvertiseAddress:            net.ParseIP("192.168.10.10"),
diff --git a/hack/update-openapi-spec.sh b/hack/update-openapi-spec.sh
index 09ff980a718..8b940552b7e 100755
--- a/hack/update-openapi-spec.sh
+++ b/hack/update-openapi-spec.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ make -C "${KUBE_ROOT}" WHAT=cmd/kube-apiserver
 
 function cleanup()
 {
-    [[ -n ${APISERVER_PID-} ]] && kill ${APISERVER_PID} 1>&2 2>/dev/null
+    if [[ -n ${APISERVER_PID-} ]]; then
+      kill ${APISERVER_PID} 1>&2 2>/dev/null
+      wait ${APISERVER_PID} || true
+    fi
+    unset APISERVER_PID
 
     kube::etcd::cleanup
 
diff --git a/pkg/master/controller.go b/pkg/master/controller.go
index 78154d176ef..e83f0cacb3d 100644
--- a/pkg/master/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/master/controller.go
@@ -152,7 +152,22 @@ func (c *Controller) Stop() {
 		c.runner.Stop()
 	}
 	endpointPorts := createEndpointPortSpec(c.PublicServicePort, "https", c.ExtraEndpointPorts)
-	c.EndpointReconciler.StopReconciling("kubernetes", c.PublicIP, endpointPorts)
+	finishedReconciling := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(finishedReconciling)
+		glog.Infof("Shutting down kubernetes service endpoint reconciler")
+		if err := c.EndpointReconciler.StopReconciling("kubernetes", c.PublicIP, endpointPorts); err != nil {
+			glog.Error(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-finishedReconciling:
+		// done
+	case <-time.After(2 * c.EndpointInterval):
+		// don't block server shutdown forever if we can't reach etcd to remove ourselves
+		glog.Warning("StopReconciling() timed out")
+	}
 }
 
 // RunKubernetesNamespaces periodically makes sure that all internal namespaces exist