diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
index 775113c8454..352a6631a50 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/swagger.json
@@ -6701,7 +6701,7 @@
       "description": "NodeStatus is information about the current status of a node.",
       "properties": {
         "addresses": {
-          "description": "List of addresses reachable to the node. Queried from cloud provider, if available. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/nodes/node/#addresses Note: This field is declared as mergeable, but the merge key is not sufficiently unique, which can cause data corruption when it is merged. Callers should instead use a full-replacement patch. See https://pr.k8s.io/79391 for an example.",
+          "description": "List of addresses reachable to the node. Queried from cloud provider, if available. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/nodes/node/#addresses Note: This field is declared as mergeable, but the merge key is not sufficiently unique, which can cause data corruption when it is merged. Callers should instead use a full-replacement patch. See https://pr.k8s.io/79391 for an example. Consumers should assume that addresses can change during the lifetime of a Node. However, there are some exceptions where this may not be possible, such as Pods that inherit a Node's address in its own status or consumers of the downward API (status.hostIP).",
           "items": {
             "$ref": "#/definitions/io.k8s.api.core.v1.NodeAddress"
           },
diff --git a/api/openapi-spec/v3/api__v1_openapi.json b/api/openapi-spec/v3/api__v1_openapi.json
index 511bdec32c6..70a2d1c4ea4 100644
--- a/api/openapi-spec/v3/api__v1_openapi.json
+++ b/api/openapi-spec/v3/api__v1_openapi.json
@@ -3654,7 +3654,7 @@
         "description": "NodeStatus is information about the current status of a node.",
         "properties": {
           "addresses": {
-            "description": "List of addresses reachable to the node. Queried from cloud provider, if available. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/nodes/node/#addresses Note: This field is declared as mergeable, but the merge key is not sufficiently unique, which can cause data corruption when it is merged. Callers should instead use a full-replacement patch. See https://pr.k8s.io/79391 for an example.",
+            "description": "List of addresses reachable to the node. Queried from cloud provider, if available. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/nodes/node/#addresses Note: This field is declared as mergeable, but the merge key is not sufficiently unique, which can cause data corruption when it is merged. Callers should instead use a full-replacement patch. See https://pr.k8s.io/79391 for an example. Consumers should assume that addresses can change during the lifetime of a Node. However, there are some exceptions where this may not be possible, such as Pods that inherit a Node's address in its own status or consumers of the downward API (status.hostIP).",
             "items": {
               "allOf": [
                 {
diff --git a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index 262e66c0547..15da5dff37f 100644
--- a/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -20994,7 +20994,7 @@ func schema_k8sio_api_core_v1_NodeStatus(ref common.ReferenceCallback) common.Op
 							},
 						},
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Description: "List of addresses reachable to the node. Queried from cloud provider, if available. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/nodes/node/#addresses Note: This field is declared as mergeable, but the merge key is not sufficiently unique, which can cause data corruption when it is merged. Callers should instead use a full-replacement patch. See https://pr.k8s.io/79391 for an example.",
+							Description: "List of addresses reachable to the node. Queried from cloud provider, if available. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/nodes/node/#addresses Note: This field is declared as mergeable, but the merge key is not sufficiently unique, which can cause data corruption when it is merged. Callers should instead use a full-replacement patch. See https://pr.k8s.io/79391 for an example. Consumers should assume that addresses can change during the lifetime of a Node. However, there are some exceptions where this may not be possible, such as Pods that inherit a Node's address in its own status or consumers of the downward API (status.hostIP).",
 							Type:        []string{"array"},
 							Items: &spec.SchemaOrArray{
 								Schema: &spec.Schema{
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
index 854bcdeba02..da9badd05d9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/generated.proto
@@ -2484,6 +2484,10 @@ message NodeStatus {
   // Note: This field is declared as mergeable, but the merge key is not sufficiently
   // unique, which can cause data corruption when it is merged. Callers should instead
   // use a full-replacement patch. See https://pr.k8s.io/79391 for an example.
+  // Consumers should assume that addresses can change during the
+  // lifetime of a Node. However, there are some exceptions where this may not
+  // be possible, such as Pods that inherit a Node's address in its own status or
+  // consumers of the downward API (status.hostIP).
   // +optional
   // +patchMergeKey=type
   // +patchStrategy=merge
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
index 87230fd9181..0d491bdf84f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -5205,6 +5205,10 @@ type NodeStatus struct {
 	// Note: This field is declared as mergeable, but the merge key is not sufficiently
 	// unique, which can cause data corruption when it is merged. Callers should instead
 	// use a full-replacement patch. See https://pr.k8s.io/79391 for an example.
+	// Consumers should assume that addresses can change during the
+	// lifetime of a Node. However, there are some exceptions where this may not
+	// be possible, such as Pods that inherit a Node's address in its own status or
+	// consumers of the downward API (status.hostIP).
 	// +optional
 	// +patchMergeKey=type
 	// +patchStrategy=merge
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 6c6fe2e0064..e821353e9e9 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
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ var map_NodeStatus = map[string]string{
 	"allocatable":     "Allocatable represents the resources of a node that are available for scheduling. Defaults to Capacity.",
 	"phase":           "NodePhase is the recently observed lifecycle phase of the node. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/nodes/node/#phase The field is never populated, and now is deprecated.",
 	"conditions":      "Conditions is an array of current observed node conditions. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/nodes/node/#condition",
-	"addresses":       "List of addresses reachable to the node. Queried from cloud provider, if available. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/nodes/node/#addresses Note: This field is declared as mergeable, but the merge key is not sufficiently unique, which can cause data corruption when it is merged. Callers should instead use a full-replacement patch. See https://pr.k8s.io/79391 for an example.",
+	"addresses":       "List of addresses reachable to the node. Queried from cloud provider, if available. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/nodes/node/#addresses Note: This field is declared as mergeable, but the merge key is not sufficiently unique, which can cause data corruption when it is merged. Callers should instead use a full-replacement patch. See https://pr.k8s.io/79391 for an example. Consumers should assume that addresses can change during the lifetime of a Node. However, there are some exceptions where this may not be possible, such as Pods that inherit a Node's address in its own status or consumers of the downward API (status.hostIP).",
 	"daemonEndpoints": "Endpoints of daemons running on the Node.",
 	"nodeInfo":        "Set of ids/uuids to uniquely identify the node. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/nodes/node/#info",
 	"images":          "List of container images on this node",