diff --git a/docs/.generated_docs b/docs/.generated_docs
index 4b6a7490c33..ff003b92561 100644
--- a/docs/.generated_docs
+++ b/docs/.generated_docs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ docs/admin/kubeadm_token_generate.md
 docs/admin/kubeadm_token_list.md
 docs/admin/kubeadm_upgrade.md
 docs/admin/kubeadm_upgrade_apply.md
+docs/admin/kubeadm_upgrade_diff.md
 docs/admin/kubeadm_upgrade_plan.md
 docs/admin/kubeadm_version.md
 docs/admin/kubelet.md
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ docs/man/man1/kubeadm-token-generate.1
 docs/man/man1/kubeadm-token-list.1
 docs/man/man1/kubeadm-token.1
 docs/man/man1/kubeadm-upgrade-apply.1
+docs/man/man1/kubeadm-upgrade-diff.1
 docs/man/man1/kubeadm-upgrade-plan.1
 docs/man/man1/kubeadm-upgrade.1
 docs/man/man1/kubeadm-version.1
diff --git a/docs/admin/kubeadm_upgrade_diff.md b/docs/admin/kubeadm_upgrade_diff.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6fd7a0f989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/admin/kubeadm_upgrade_diff.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This file is autogenerated, but we've stopped checking such files into the
+repository to reduce the need for rebases. Please run hack/generate-docs.sh to
+populate this file.
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/kubeadm-upgrade-diff.1 b/docs/man/man1/kubeadm-upgrade-diff.1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6fd7a0f989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/man/man1/kubeadm-upgrade-diff.1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This file is autogenerated, but we've stopped checking such files into the
+repository to reduce the need for rebases. Please run hack/generate-docs.sh to
+populate this file.