diff --git a/pkg/api/helpers.go b/pkg/api/helpers.go
index f18cc0eb759..9208c20bd5d 100644
--- a/pkg/api/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/helpers.go
@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ const (
 	// SeccompContainerAnnotationKeyPrefix represents the key of a seccomp profile applied
 	// to one container of a pod.
 	SeccompContainerAnnotationKeyPrefix string = "container.seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/"
+
+	// CreatedByAnnotation represents the key used to store the spec(json)
+	// used to create the resource.
+	CreatedByAnnotation = "kubernetes.io/created-by"
 )
 
 // GetAffinityFromPod gets the json serialized affinity data from Pod.Annotations
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go b/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go
index ae6dbadba74..c4f5c2894f2 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller_utils.go
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	CreatedByAnnotation = "kubernetes.io/created-by"
-
 	// If a watch drops a delete event for a pod, it'll take this long
 	// before a dormant controller waiting for those packets is woken up anyway. It is
 	// specifically targeted at the case where some problem prevents an update
@@ -392,7 +390,7 @@ func getPodsAnnotationSet(template *api.PodTemplateSpec, object runtime.Object)
 	if err != nil {
 		return desiredAnnotations, fmt.Errorf("unable to serialize controller reference: %v", err)
 	}
-	desiredAnnotations[CreatedByAnnotation] = string(createdByRefJson)
+	desiredAnnotations[api.CreatedByAnnotation] = string(createdByRefJson)
 	return desiredAnnotations, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate_test.go
index eb12826b40d..3fd34040c7c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/annotate_test.go
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ func TestParseAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 			expectErr:      false,
 		},
 		{
-			annotations:    []string{"url=" + testURL, "kubernetes.io/created-by=" + testJSON},
-			expected:       map[string]string{"url": testURL, "kubernetes.io/created-by": testJSON},
+			annotations:    []string{"url=" + testURL, api.CreatedByAnnotation + "=" + testJSON},
+			expected:       map[string]string{"url": testURL, api.CreatedByAnnotation: testJSON},
 			expectedRemove: []string{},
 			scenario:       "add annotations with special characters",
 			expectErr:      false,
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain.go
index eecdff87a8d..19d5e7bca2f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/meta"
 	client "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/resource"
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ func (o *DrainOptions) getController(sr *api.SerializedReference) (interface{},
 }
 
 func (o *DrainOptions) getPodCreator(pod api.Pod) (*api.SerializedReference, error) {
-	creatorRef, found := pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations[controller.CreatedByAnnotation]
+	creatorRef, found := pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations[api.CreatedByAnnotation]
 	if !found {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain_test.go
index 94e38685a3f..adc433d8185 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/drain_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/batch"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned/fake"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/conversion"
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ func TestDrain(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	rc_anno := make(map[string]string)
-	rc_anno[controller.CreatedByAnnotation] = refJson(t, &rc)
+	rc_anno[api.CreatedByAnnotation] = refJson(t, &rc)
 
 	rc_pod := api.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
@@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ func TestDrain(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	ds_anno := make(map[string]string)
-	ds_anno[controller.CreatedByAnnotation] = refJson(t, &ds)
+	ds_anno[api.CreatedByAnnotation] = refJson(t, &ds)
 
 	ds_pod := api.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ func TestDrain(t *testing.T) {
 			Namespace:         "default",
 			CreationTimestamp: unversioned.Time{Time: time.Now()},
 			Labels:            labels,
-			Annotations:       map[string]string{controller.CreatedByAnnotation: refJson(t, &job)},
+			Annotations:       map[string]string{api.CreatedByAnnotation: refJson(t, &job)},
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ func TestDrain(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	rs_anno := make(map[string]string)
-	rs_anno[controller.CreatedByAnnotation] = refJson(t, &rs)
+	rs_anno[api.CreatedByAnnotation] = refJson(t, &rs)
 
 	rs_pod := api.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
index 9c540f90d6d..32c0b03e1e0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ func describePod(pod *api.Pod, events *api.EventList) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func printControllers(annotation map[string]string) string {
-	value, ok := annotation["kubernetes.io/created-by"]
+	value, ok := annotation[api.CreatedByAnnotation]
 	if ok {
 		var r api.SerializedReference
 		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(value), &r)