diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index 4c712323f5a..3f3c4f8808f 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -51767,7 +51767,7 @@
       "$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.api.apps.v1beta2.RollingUpdateDaemonSet"
      },
      "type": {
-      "description": "Type of daemon set update. Can be \"RollingUpdate\" or \"OnDelete\". Default is OnDelete.",
+      "description": "Type of daemon set update. Can be \"RollingUpdate\" or \"OnDelete\". Default is RollingUpdate.",
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
@@ -52163,7 +52163,7 @@
     "description": "WIP: This is not ready to be used and we plan to make breaking changes to it. RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy is used to communicate parameter for RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType.",
     "properties": {
      "partition": {
-      "description": "Partition indicates the ordinal at which the StatefulSet should be partitioned.",
+      "description": "Partition indicates the ordinal at which the StatefulSet should be partitioned. Default value is 0.",
       "type": "integer",
       "format": "int32"
      }
@@ -52393,7 +52393,7 @@
       "$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.api.apps.v1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy"
      },
      "type": {
-      "description": "Type indicates the type of the StatefulSetUpdateStrategy.",
+      "description": "Type indicates the type of the StatefulSetUpdateStrategy. Default is RollingUpdate.",
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
diff --git a/api/swagger-spec/apps_v1beta2.json b/api/swagger-spec/apps_v1beta2.json
index b41d7f721ee..7565f969cd4 100644
--- a/api/swagger-spec/apps_v1beta2.json
+++ b/api/swagger-spec/apps_v1beta2.json
@@ -6985,7 +6985,7 @@
     "properties": {
      "type": {
       "type": "string",
-      "description": "Type of daemon set update. Can be \"RollingUpdate\" or \"OnDelete\". Default is OnDelete."
+      "description": "Type of daemon set update. Can be \"RollingUpdate\" or \"OnDelete\". Default is RollingUpdate."
      },
      "rollingUpdate": {
       "$ref": "v1beta2.RollingUpdateDaemonSet",
@@ -7730,7 +7730,7 @@
     "properties": {
      "type": {
       "type": "string",
-      "description": "Type indicates the type of the StatefulSetUpdateStrategy."
+      "description": "Type indicates the type of the StatefulSetUpdateStrategy. Default is RollingUpdate."
      },
      "rollingUpdate": {
       "$ref": "v1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy",
@@ -7745,7 +7745,7 @@
      "partition": {
       "type": "integer",
       "format": "int32",
-      "description": "Partition indicates the ordinal at which the StatefulSet should be partitioned."
+      "description": "Partition indicates the ordinal at which the StatefulSet should be partitioned. Default value is 0."
      }
     }
    },
diff --git a/docs/api-reference/apps/v1beta2/definitions.html b/docs/api-reference/apps/v1beta2/definitions.html
index 46acbe132ce..42167c7ead0 100755
--- a/docs/api-reference/apps/v1beta2/definitions.html
+++ b/docs/api-reference/apps/v1beta2/definitions.html
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ When an object is created, the system will populate this list with the current s
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">partition</p></td>
-<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Partition indicates the ordinal at which the StatefulSet should be partitioned.</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Partition indicates the ordinal at which the StatefulSet should be partitioned. Default value is 0.</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 (int32)</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
@@ -6999,7 +6999,7 @@ Examples:<br>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">type</p></td>
-<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Type of daemon set update. Can be "RollingUpdate" or "OnDelete". Default is OnDelete.</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Type of daemon set update. Can be "RollingUpdate" or "OnDelete". Default is RollingUpdate.</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">string</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
@@ -7229,7 +7229,7 @@ Examples:<br>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">type</p></td>
-<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Type indicates the type of the StatefulSetUpdateStrategy.</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Type indicates the type of the StatefulSetUpdateStrategy. Default is RollingUpdate.</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">string</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
diff --git a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta2/defaults.go b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta2/defaults.go
index f1046b16ff5..db73c3e73ec 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta2/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta2/defaults.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func SetDefaults_DaemonSet(obj *appsv1beta2.DaemonSet) {
 	}
 	updateStrategy := &obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy
 	if updateStrategy.Type == "" {
-		updateStrategy.Type = appsv1beta2.OnDeleteDaemonSetStrategyType
+		updateStrategy.Type = appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateDaemonSetStrategyType
 	}
 	if updateStrategy.Type == appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateDaemonSetStrategyType {
 		if updateStrategy.RollingUpdate == nil {
@@ -68,8 +68,19 @@ func SetDefaults_StatefulSet(obj *appsv1beta2.StatefulSet) {
 	}
 
 	if obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.Type == "" {
-		obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.Type = appsv1beta2.OnDeleteStatefulSetStrategyType
+		obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.Type = appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType
+
+		// UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate will take default values below.
+		obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate = &appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy{}
 	}
+
+	if obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.Type == appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType &&
+		obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate != nil &&
+		obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate.Partition == nil {
+		obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate.Partition = new(int32)
+		*obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate.Partition = 0
+	}
+
 	labels := obj.Spec.Template.Labels
 	if labels != nil {
 		if obj.Spec.Selector == nil {
@@ -89,13 +100,6 @@ func SetDefaults_StatefulSet(obj *appsv1beta2.StatefulSet) {
 		obj.Spec.RevisionHistoryLimit = new(int32)
 		*obj.Spec.RevisionHistoryLimit = 10
 	}
-	if obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.Type == appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType &&
-		obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate != nil &&
-		obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate.Partition == nil {
-		obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate.Partition = new(int32)
-		*obj.Spec.UpdateStrategy.RollingUpdate.Partition = 0
-	}
-
 }
 
 // SetDefaults_Deployment sets additional defaults compared to its counterpart
diff --git a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta2/defaults_test.go b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta2/defaults_test.go
index d017a52688c..3a24c811b73 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta2/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/apps/v1beta2/defaults_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	appsv1beta2 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2"
-
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestSetDefaultDaemonSetSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	defaultLabels := map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}
+	maxUnavailable := intstr.FromInt(1)
 	period := int64(v1.DefaultTerminationGracePeriodSeconds)
 	defaultTemplate := v1.PodTemplateSpec{
 		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ func TestSetDefaultDaemonSetSpec(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 					Template: defaultTemplate,
 					UpdateStrategy: appsv1beta2.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy{
-						Type: appsv1beta2.OnDeleteDaemonSetStrategyType,
+						Type: appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType,
+						RollingUpdate: &appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateDaemonSet{
+							MaxUnavailable: &maxUnavailable,
+						},
 					},
 					RevisionHistoryLimit: newInt32(10),
 				},
@@ -108,14 +111,24 @@ func TestSetDefaultDaemonSetSpec(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 					Template: defaultTemplate,
 					UpdateStrategy: appsv1beta2.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy{
-						Type: appsv1beta2.OnDeleteDaemonSetStrategyType,
+						Type: appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType,
+						RollingUpdate: &appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateDaemonSet{
+							MaxUnavailable: &maxUnavailable,
+						},
 					},
 					RevisionHistoryLimit: newInt32(1),
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		{ // Update strategy.
-			original: &appsv1beta2.DaemonSet{},
+		{ // OnDeleteDaemonSetStrategyType update strategy.
+			original: &appsv1beta2.DaemonSet{
+				Spec: appsv1beta2.DaemonSetSpec{
+					Template: templateNoLabel,
+					UpdateStrategy: appsv1beta2.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy{
+						Type: appsv1beta2.OnDeleteDaemonSetStrategyType,
+					},
+				},
+			},
 			expected: &appsv1beta2.DaemonSet{
 				Spec: appsv1beta2.DaemonSetSpec{
 					Template: templateNoLabel,
@@ -134,7 +147,10 @@ func TestSetDefaultDaemonSetSpec(t *testing.T) {
 				Spec: appsv1beta2.DaemonSetSpec{
 					Template: templateNoLabel,
 					UpdateStrategy: appsv1beta2.DaemonSetUpdateStrategy{
-						Type: appsv1beta2.OnDeleteDaemonSetStrategyType,
+						Type: appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType,
+						RollingUpdate: &appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateDaemonSet{
+							MaxUnavailable: &maxUnavailable,
+						},
 					},
 					RevisionHistoryLimit: newInt32(10),
 				},
@@ -157,6 +173,128 @@ func TestSetDefaultDaemonSetSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSetDefaultStatefulSet(t *testing.T) {
+	defaultLabels := map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}
+	var defaultPartition int32 = 0
+	var defaultReplicas int32 = 1
+
+	period := int64(v1.DefaultTerminationGracePeriodSeconds)
+	defaultTemplate := v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+			DNSPolicy:                     v1.DNSClusterFirst,
+			RestartPolicy:                 v1.RestartPolicyAlways,
+			SecurityContext:               &v1.PodSecurityContext{},
+			TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: &period,
+			SchedulerName:                 api.DefaultSchedulerName,
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Labels: defaultLabels,
+		},
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		original *appsv1beta2.StatefulSet
+		expected *appsv1beta2.StatefulSet
+	}{
+		{ // Selector, labels and default update strategy
+			original: &appsv1beta2.StatefulSet{
+				Spec: appsv1beta2.StatefulSetSpec{
+					Template: defaultTemplate,
+				},
+			},
+			expected: &appsv1beta2.StatefulSet{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: defaultLabels,
+				},
+				Spec: appsv1beta2.StatefulSetSpec{
+					Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+						MatchLabels: defaultLabels,
+					},
+					Replicas:            &defaultReplicas,
+					Template:            defaultTemplate,
+					PodManagementPolicy: appsv1beta2.OrderedReadyPodManagement,
+					UpdateStrategy: appsv1beta2.StatefulSetUpdateStrategy{
+						Type: appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType,
+						RollingUpdate: &appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy{
+							Partition: &defaultPartition,
+						},
+					},
+					RevisionHistoryLimit: newInt32(10),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{ // Alternate update strategy
+			original: &appsv1beta2.StatefulSet{
+				Spec: appsv1beta2.StatefulSetSpec{
+					Template: defaultTemplate,
+					UpdateStrategy: appsv1beta2.StatefulSetUpdateStrategy{
+						Type: appsv1beta2.OnDeleteStatefulSetStrategyType,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: &appsv1beta2.StatefulSet{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: defaultLabels,
+				},
+				Spec: appsv1beta2.StatefulSetSpec{
+					Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+						MatchLabels: defaultLabels,
+					},
+					Replicas:            &defaultReplicas,
+					Template:            defaultTemplate,
+					PodManagementPolicy: appsv1beta2.OrderedReadyPodManagement,
+					UpdateStrategy: appsv1beta2.StatefulSetUpdateStrategy{
+						Type: appsv1beta2.OnDeleteStatefulSetStrategyType,
+					},
+					RevisionHistoryLimit: newInt32(10),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{ // Parallel pod management policy.
+			original: &appsv1beta2.StatefulSet{
+				Spec: appsv1beta2.StatefulSetSpec{
+					Template:            defaultTemplate,
+					PodManagementPolicy: appsv1beta2.ParallelPodManagement,
+				},
+			},
+			expected: &appsv1beta2.StatefulSet{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: defaultLabels,
+				},
+				Spec: appsv1beta2.StatefulSetSpec{
+					Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+						MatchLabels: defaultLabels,
+					},
+					Replicas:            &defaultReplicas,
+					Template:            defaultTemplate,
+					PodManagementPolicy: appsv1beta2.ParallelPodManagement,
+					UpdateStrategy: appsv1beta2.StatefulSetUpdateStrategy{
+						Type: appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType,
+						RollingUpdate: &appsv1beta2.RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy{
+							Partition: &defaultPartition,
+						},
+					},
+					RevisionHistoryLimit: newInt32(10),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		original := test.original
+		expected := test.expected
+		obj2 := roundTrip(t, runtime.Object(original))
+		got, ok := obj2.(*appsv1beta2.StatefulSet)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("(%d) unexpected object: %v", i, got)
+			t.FailNow()
+		}
+		if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(got.Spec, expected.Spec) {
+			t.Errorf("(%d) got different than expected\ngot:\n\t%+v\nexpected:\n\t%+v", i, got.Spec, expected.Spec)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSetDefaultDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 	defaultIntOrString := intstr.FromString("25%")
 	differentIntOrString := intstr.FromInt(5)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/generated.proto
index 79c1f7589d7..e59bd0d8897 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/generated.proto
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ message DaemonSetStatus {
 
 // WIP: This is not ready to be used and we plan to make breaking changes to it.
 message DaemonSetUpdateStrategy {
-  // Type of daemon set update. Can be "RollingUpdate" or "OnDelete".
-  // Default is OnDelete.
+  // Type of daemon set update. Can be "RollingUpdate" or "OnDelete". Default is RollingUpdate.
   // +optional
   optional string type = 1;
 
@@ -496,6 +495,8 @@ message RollingUpdateDeployment {
 message RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy {
   // Partition indicates the ordinal at which the StatefulSet should be
   // partitioned.
+  // Default value is 0.
+  // +optional
   optional int32 partition = 1;
 }
 
@@ -673,9 +674,12 @@ message StatefulSetStatus {
 // necessary to perform the update for the indicated strategy.
 message StatefulSetUpdateStrategy {
   // Type indicates the type of the StatefulSetUpdateStrategy.
+  // Default is RollingUpdate.
+  // +optional
   optional string type = 1;
 
   // RollingUpdate is used to communicate parameters when Type is RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType.
+  // +optional
   optional RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy rollingUpdate = 2;
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types.go
index 6230df3b04b..a54e9d7b195 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types.go
@@ -123,8 +123,11 @@ const (
 // necessary to perform the update for the indicated strategy.
 type StatefulSetUpdateStrategy struct {
 	// Type indicates the type of the StatefulSetUpdateStrategy.
+	// Default is RollingUpdate.
+	// +optional
 	Type StatefulSetUpdateStrategyType `json:"type,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=type,casttype=StatefulSetStrategyType"`
 	// RollingUpdate is used to communicate parameters when Type is RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType.
+	// +optional
 	RollingUpdate *RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy `json:"rollingUpdate,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=rollingUpdate"`
 }
 
@@ -152,6 +155,8 @@ const (
 type RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy struct {
 	// Partition indicates the ordinal at which the StatefulSet should be
 	// partitioned.
+	// Default value is 0.
+	// +optional
 	Partition *int32 `json:"partition,omitempty" protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=partition"`
 }
 
@@ -479,8 +484,7 @@ type DeploymentList struct {
 
 // WIP: This is not ready to be used and we plan to make breaking changes to it.
 type DaemonSetUpdateStrategy struct {
-	// Type of daemon set update. Can be "RollingUpdate" or "OnDelete".
-	// Default is OnDelete.
+	// Type of daemon set update. Can be "RollingUpdate" or "OnDelete". Default is RollingUpdate.
 	// +optional
 	Type DaemonSetUpdateStrategyType `json:"type,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=type"`
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types_swagger_doc_generated.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
index fc29ef341c9..dbf7e09d20e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1beta2/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (DaemonSetStatus) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
 
 var map_DaemonSetUpdateStrategy = map[string]string{
 	"":              "WIP: This is not ready to be used and we plan to make breaking changes to it.",
-	"type":          "Type of daemon set update. Can be \"RollingUpdate\" or \"OnDelete\". Default is OnDelete.",
+	"type":          "Type of daemon set update. Can be \"RollingUpdate\" or \"OnDelete\". Default is RollingUpdate.",
 	"rollingUpdate": "Rolling update config params. Present only if type = \"RollingUpdate\".",
 }
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func (RollingUpdateDeployment) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
 
 var map_RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy = map[string]string{
 	"":          "WIP: This is not ready to be used and we plan to make breaking changes to it. RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy is used to communicate parameter for RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType.",
-	"partition": "Partition indicates the ordinal at which the StatefulSet should be partitioned.",
+	"partition": "Partition indicates the ordinal at which the StatefulSet should be partitioned. Default value is 0.",
 }
 
 func (RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategy) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func (StatefulSetStatus) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
 
 var map_StatefulSetUpdateStrategy = map[string]string{
 	"":              "WIP: This is not ready to be used and we plan to make breaking changes to it. StatefulSetUpdateStrategy indicates the strategy that the StatefulSet controller will use to perform updates. It includes any additional parameters necessary to perform the update for the indicated strategy.",
-	"type":          "Type indicates the type of the StatefulSetUpdateStrategy.",
+	"type":          "Type indicates the type of the StatefulSetUpdateStrategy. Default is RollingUpdate.",
 	"rollingUpdate": "RollingUpdate is used to communicate parameters when Type is RollingUpdateStatefulSetStrategyType.",
 }