diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index 9a1ce597432..fc8c6b01908 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -77863,7 +77863,7 @@
       "$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.api.core.v1.VolumeNodeAffinity"
      },
      "persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy": {
-      "description": "What happens to a persistent volume when released from its claim. Valid options are Retain (default) and Recycle. Recycling must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this persistent volume. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming",
+      "description": "What happens to a persistent volume when released from its claim. Valid options are Retain (default for manually created PersistentVolumes), Delete (default for dynamically provisioned PersistentVolumes), and Recycle (deprecated). Recycle must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this PersistentVolume. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming",
       "type": "string"
      },
      "photonPersistentDisk": {
diff --git a/api/swagger-spec/v1.json b/api/swagger-spec/v1.json
index d72b94b9aa9..20a08baff01 100644
--- a/api/swagger-spec/v1.json
+++ b/api/swagger-spec/v1.json
@@ -19314,7 +19314,7 @@
      },
      "persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy": {
       "type": "string",
-      "description": "What happens to a persistent volume when released from its claim. Valid options are Retain (default) and Recycle. Recycling must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this persistent volume. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming"
+      "description": "What happens to a persistent volume when released from its claim. Valid options are Retain (default for manually created PersistentVolumes), Delete (default for dynamically provisioned PersistentVolumes), and Recycle (deprecated). Recycle must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this PersistentVolume. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming"
      },
      "storageClassName": {
       "type": "string",
diff --git a/docs/api-reference/v1/definitions.html b/docs/api-reference/v1/definitions.html
index 33d5375457d..91299cd1aba 100755
--- a/docs/api-reference/v1/definitions.html
+++ b/docs/api-reference/v1/definitions.html
@@ -4185,7 +4185,7 @@ Examples:<br>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy</p></td>
-<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">What happens to a persistent volume when released from its claim. Valid options are Retain (default) and Recycle. Recycling must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this persistent volume. More info: <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming">https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming</a></p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">What happens to a persistent volume when released from its claim. Valid options are Retain (default for manually created PersistentVolumes), Delete (default for dynamically provisioned PersistentVolumes), and Recycle (deprecated). Recycle must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this PersistentVolume. More info: <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming">https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming</a></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/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
index b449d9f8cb5..3fb70aff4a9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
@@ -2560,8 +2560,9 @@ message PersistentVolumeSpec {
   optional ObjectReference claimRef = 4;
 
   // What happens to a persistent volume when released from its claim.
-  // Valid options are Retain (default) and Recycle.
-  // Recycling must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this persistent volume.
+  // Valid options are Retain (default for manually created PersistentVolumes), Delete (default
+  // for dynamically provisioned PersistentVolumes), and Recycle (deprecated).
+  // Recycle must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this PersistentVolume.
   // More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming
   // +optional
   optional string persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy = 5;
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
index 8d33f9c97e6..adcef7f5d41 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -511,8 +511,9 @@ type PersistentVolumeSpec struct {
 	// +optional
 	ClaimRef *ObjectReference `json:"claimRef,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=claimRef"`
 	// What happens to a persistent volume when released from its claim.
-	// Valid options are Retain (default) and Recycle.
-	// Recycling must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this persistent volume.
+	// Valid options are Retain (default for manually created PersistentVolumes), Delete (default
+	// for dynamically provisioned PersistentVolumes), and Recycle (deprecated).
+	// Recycle must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this PersistentVolume.
 	// More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming
 	// +optional
 	PersistentVolumeReclaimPolicy PersistentVolumeReclaimPolicy `json:"persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy,casttype=PersistentVolumeReclaimPolicy"`
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
index 5c50a4d2c31..56b2c469fe7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ var map_PersistentVolumeSpec = map[string]string{
 	"capacity":                      "A description of the persistent volume's resources and capacity. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#capacity",
 	"accessModes":                   "AccessModes contains all ways the volume can be mounted. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#access-modes",
 	"claimRef":                      "ClaimRef is part of a bi-directional binding between PersistentVolume and PersistentVolumeClaim. Expected to be non-nil when bound. claim.VolumeName is the authoritative bind between PV and PVC. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#binding",
-	"persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy": "What happens to a persistent volume when released from its claim. Valid options are Retain (default) and Recycle. Recycling must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this persistent volume. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming",
+	"persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy": "What happens to a persistent volume when released from its claim. Valid options are Retain (default for manually created PersistentVolumes), Delete (default for dynamically provisioned PersistentVolumes), and Recycle (deprecated). Recycle must be supported by the volume plugin underlying this PersistentVolume. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes#reclaiming",
 	"storageClassName":              "Name of StorageClass to which this persistent volume belongs. Empty value means that this volume does not belong to any StorageClass.",
 	"mountOptions":                  "A list of mount options, e.g. [\"ro\", \"soft\"]. Not validated - mount will simply fail if one is invalid. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/#mount-options",
 	"volumeMode":                    "volumeMode defines if a volume is intended to be used with a formatted filesystem or to remain in raw block state. Value of Filesystem is implied when not included in spec. This is an alpha feature and may change in the future.",