diff --git a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index 7aa1d381d8a..c394f023d0a 100644
--- a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -53564,7 +53564,7 @@ func schema_k8sio_kube_scheduler_config_v1_KubeSchedulerConfiguration(ref common
 					},
 					"enableContentionProfiling": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "enableContentionProfiling enables lock contention profiling, if enableProfiling is true.",
+							Description: "enableContentionProfiling enables block profiling, if enableProfiling is true.",
 							Type:        []string{"boolean"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
@@ -54691,7 +54691,7 @@ func schema_k8sio_kube_scheduler_config_v1beta2_KubeSchedulerConfiguration(ref c
 					},
 					"enableContentionProfiling": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "enableContentionProfiling enables lock contention profiling, if enableProfiling is true.",
+							Description: "enableContentionProfiling enables block profiling, if enableProfiling is true.",
 							Type:        []string{"boolean"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
@@ -55797,7 +55797,7 @@ func schema_k8sio_kube_scheduler_config_v1beta3_KubeSchedulerConfiguration(ref c
 					},
 					"enableContentionProfiling": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "enableContentionProfiling enables lock contention profiling, if enableProfiling is true.",
+							Description: "enableContentionProfiling enables block profiling, if enableProfiling is true.",
 							Type:        []string{"boolean"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
@@ -57308,7 +57308,7 @@ func schema_k8sio_kubelet_config_v1beta1_KubeletConfiguration(ref common.Referen
 					},
 					"enableContentionProfiling": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "enableContentionProfiling enables lock contention profiling, if enableDebuggingHandlers is true. Default: false",
+							Description: "enableContentionProfiling enables block profiling, if enableDebuggingHandlers is true. Default: false",
 							Type:        []string{"boolean"},
 							Format:      "",
 						},
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/types.go
index e0a30fe26db..a2e5dccb790 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/config/types.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// enableDebuggingHandlers enables server endpoints for log collection
 	// and local running of containers and commands
 	EnableDebuggingHandlers bool
-	// enableContentionProfiling enables lock contention profiling, if enableDebuggingHandlers is true.
+	// enableContentionProfiling enables block profiling, if enableDebuggingHandlers is true.
 	EnableContentionProfiling bool
 	// healthzPort is the port of the localhost healthz endpoint (set to 0 to disable)
 	HealthzPort int32
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/types.go
index aad605eeef8..e1b9469d76e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/types.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ type LeaderElectionConfiguration struct {
 type DebuggingConfiguration struct {
 	// enableProfiling enables profiling via web interface host:port/debug/pprof/
 	EnableProfiling bool
-	// enableContentionProfiling enables lock contention profiling, if
+	// enableContentionProfiling enables block profiling, if
 	// enableProfiling is true.
 	EnableContentionProfiling bool
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go
index c9d05525d43..3c5f004f27d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/config/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type LeaderElectionConfiguration struct {
 type DebuggingConfiguration struct {
 	// enableProfiling enables profiling via web interface host:port/debug/pprof/
 	EnableProfiling *bool `json:"enableProfiling,omitempty"`
-	// enableContentionProfiling enables lock contention profiling, if
+	// enableContentionProfiling enables block profiling, if
 	// enableProfiling is true.
 	EnableContentionProfiling *bool `json:"enableContentionProfiling,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1/types.go
index 79bca2b3459..b979ef81e7a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// Default: true
 	// +optional
 	EnableDebuggingHandlers *bool `json:"enableDebuggingHandlers,omitempty"`
-	// enableContentionProfiling enables lock contention profiling, if enableDebuggingHandlers is true.
+	// enableContentionProfiling enables block profiling, if enableDebuggingHandlers is true.
 	// Default: false
 	// +optional
 	EnableContentionProfiling bool `json:"enableContentionProfiling,omitempty"`