diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index e9b5aa5dadd..0f9f93617ba 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -77022,13 +77022,13 @@
     }
    },
    "io.k8s.api.core.v1.LocalVolumeSource": {
-    "description": "Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity",
+    "description": "Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity (Beta feature)",
     "required": [
      "path"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "path": {
-      "description": "The full path to the volume on the node For alpha, this path must be a directory Once block as a source is supported, then this path can point to a block device",
+      "description": "The full path to the volume on the node. It can be either a directory or block device (disk, partition, ...). Directories can be represented only by PersistentVolume with VolumeMode=Filesystem. Block devices can be represented only by VolumeMode=Block, which also requires the BlockVolume alpha feature gate to be enabled.",
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
diff --git a/api/swagger-spec/v1.json b/api/swagger-spec/v1.json
index 7e8dee11b1c..6dcbe3fd5a0 100644
--- a/api/swagger-spec/v1.json
+++ b/api/swagger-spec/v1.json
@@ -19949,14 +19949,14 @@
    },
    "v1.LocalVolumeSource": {
     "id": "v1.LocalVolumeSource",
-    "description": "Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity",
+    "description": "Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity (Beta feature)",
     "required": [
      "path"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "path": {
       "type": "string",
-      "description": "The full path to the volume on the node For alpha, this path must be a directory Once block as a source is supported, then this path can point to a block device"
+      "description": "The full path to the volume on the node. It can be either a directory or block device (disk, partition, ...). Directories can be represented only by PersistentVolume with VolumeMode=Filesystem. Block devices can be represented only by VolumeMode=Block, which also requires the BlockVolume alpha feature gate to be enabled."
      }
     }
    },
diff --git a/docs/api-reference/v1/definitions.html b/docs/api-reference/v1/definitions.html
index 819fb0caa2a..ad3eecf15d8 100755
--- a/docs/api-reference/v1/definitions.html
+++ b/docs/api-reference/v1/definitions.html
@@ -6491,7 +6491,7 @@ Examples:<br>
 <div class="sect2">
 <h3 id="_v1_localvolumesource">v1.LocalVolumeSource</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
-<p>Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity</p>
+<p>Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity (Beta feature)</p>
 </div>
 <table class="tableblock frame-all grid-all" style="width:100%; ">
 <colgroup>
@@ -6513,7 +6513,7 @@ Examples:<br>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">path</p></td>
-<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The full path to the volume on the node For alpha, this path must be a directory Once block as a source is supported, then this path can point to a block device</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The full path to the volume on the node. It can be either a directory or block device (disk, partition, &#8230;). Directories can be represented only by PersistentVolume with VolumeMode=Filesystem. Block devices can be represented only by VolumeMode=Block, which also requires the BlockVolume alpha feature gate to be enabled.</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">true</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/core/types.go b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
index 292565bc56e..a6a9c3bf921 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/types.go
@@ -1434,11 +1434,13 @@ type KeyToPath struct {
 	Mode *int32
 }
 
-// Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity
+// Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity (Beta feature)
 type LocalVolumeSource struct {
-	// The full path to the volume on the node
-	// For alpha, this path must be a directory
-	// Once block as a source is supported, then this path can point to a block device
+	// The full path to the volume on the node.
+	// It can be either a directory or block device (disk, partition, ...).
+	// Directories can be represented only by PersistentVolume with VolumeMode=Filesystem.
+	// Block devices can be represented only by VolumeMode=Block, which also requires the
+	// BlockVolume alpha feature gate to be enabled.
 	Path string
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
index 349971f895e..09f56b23d8c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
@@ -1659,11 +1659,13 @@ message LocalObjectReference {
   optional string name = 1;
 }
 
-// Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity
+// Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity (Beta feature)
 message LocalVolumeSource {
-  // The full path to the volume on the node
-  // For alpha, this path must be a directory
-  // Once block as a source is supported, then this path can point to a block device
+  // The full path to the volume on the node.
+  // It can be either a directory or block device (disk, partition, ...).
+  // Directories can be represented only by PersistentVolume with VolumeMode=Filesystem.
+  // Block devices can be represented only by VolumeMode=Block, which also requires the
+  // BlockVolume alpha feature gate to be enabled.
   optional string path = 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
index 28be9abfebd..e51c2715bfb 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -1513,11 +1513,13 @@ type KeyToPath struct {
 	Mode *int32 `json:"mode,omitempty" protobuf:"varint,3,opt,name=mode"`
 }
 
-// Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity
+// Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity (Beta feature)
 type LocalVolumeSource struct {
-	// The full path to the volume on the node
-	// For alpha, this path must be a directory
-	// Once block as a source is supported, then this path can point to a block device
+	// The full path to the volume on the node.
+	// It can be either a directory or block device (disk, partition, ...).
+	// Directories can be represented only by PersistentVolume with VolumeMode=Filesystem.
+	// Block devices can be represented only by VolumeMode=Block, which also requires the
+	// BlockVolume alpha feature gate to be enabled.
 	Path string `json:"path" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=path"`
 }
 
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 dfc21c0725e..f909b4aa723 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
@@ -865,8 +865,8 @@ func (LocalObjectReference) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
 }
 
 var map_LocalVolumeSource = map[string]string{
-	"":     "Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity",
-	"path": "The full path to the volume on the node For alpha, this path must be a directory Once block as a source is supported, then this path can point to a block device",
+	"":     "Local represents directly-attached storage with node affinity (Beta feature)",
+	"path": "The full path to the volume on the node. It can be either a directory or block device (disk, partition, ...). Directories can be represented only by PersistentVolume with VolumeMode=Filesystem. Block devices can be represented only by VolumeMode=Block, which also requires the BlockVolume alpha feature gate to be enabled.",
 }
 
 func (LocalVolumeSource) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {