diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
index 0e30c483106..94ed5399be5 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/types.go
@@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ type HostPathMount struct {
 type Patches struct {
 	// Directory is a path to a directory that contains files named "target[suffix][+patchtype].extension".
 	// For example, "kube-apiserver0+merge.yaml" or just "etcd.json". "target" can be one of
-	// "kube-apiserver", "kube-controller-manager", "kube-scheduler", "etcd". "patchtype" can be one
-	// of "strategic" "merge" or "json" and they match the patch formats supported by kubectl.
+	// "kube-apiserver", "kube-controller-manager", "kube-scheduler", "etcd", "kubeletconfiguration".
+	// "patchtype" can be one of "strategic" "merge" or "json" and they match the patch formats supported by kubectl.
 	// The default "patchtype" is "strategic". "extension" must be either "json" or "yaml".
 	// "suffix" is an optional string that can be used to determine which patches are applied
 	// first alpha-numerically.
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta3/types.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta3/types.go
index 525e2046925..eaa2984f40f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta3/types.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1beta3/types.go
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ type HostPathMount struct {
 type Patches struct {
 	// Directory is a path to a directory that contains files named "target[suffix][+patchtype].extension".
 	// For example, "kube-apiserver0+merge.yaml" or just "etcd.json". "target" can be one of
-	// "kube-apiserver", "kube-controller-manager", "kube-scheduler", "etcd". "patchtype" can be one
-	// of "strategic" "merge" or "json" and they match the patch formats supported by kubectl.
+	// "kube-apiserver", "kube-controller-manager", "kube-scheduler", "etcd", "kubeletconfiguration".
+	// "patchtype" can be one of "strategic" "merge" or "json" and they match the patch formats supported by kubectl.
 	// The default "patchtype" is "strategic". "extension" must be either "json" or "yaml".
 	// "suffix" is an optional string that can be used to determine which patches are applied
 	// first alpha-numerically.
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/options/generic.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/options/generic.go
index debe6f95ddc..19436dcba9a 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/options/generic.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/options/generic.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func AddPatchesFlag(fs *pflag.FlagSet, patchesDir *string) {
 	const usage = `Path to a directory that contains files named ` +
 		`"target[suffix][+patchtype].extension". For example, ` +
 		`"kube-apiserver0+merge.yaml" or just "etcd.json". ` +
-		`"target" can be one of "kube-apiserver", "kube-controller-manager", "kube-scheduler", "etcd". ` +
+		`"target" can be one of "kube-apiserver", "kube-controller-manager", "kube-scheduler", "etcd", "kubeletconfiguration". ` +
 		`"patchtype" can be one of "strategic", "merge" or "json" and they match the patch formats ` +
 		`supported by kubectl. The default "patchtype" is "strategic". "extension" must be either ` +
 		`"json" or "yaml". "suffix" is an optional string that can be used to determine ` +