diff --git a/pkg/apis/admissionregistration/v1/conversion.go b/pkg/apis/admissionregistration/v1/conversion.go
index 7ea6f168e76..badaed11e1b 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/admissionregistration/v1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/admissionregistration/v1/conversion.go
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Convert_admissionregistration_RuleWithOperations_To_v1_RuleWithOperations is an autogenerated conversion function.
+// This is needed because it is referenced from other APIs, but is invisible at code-generation time because of the build tags.
 func Convert_admissionregistration_RuleWithOperations_To_v1_RuleWithOperations(in *admissionregistration.RuleWithOperations, out *v1.RuleWithOperations, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	return autoConvert_admissionregistration_RuleWithOperations_To_v1_RuleWithOperations(in, out, s)
 }
 
 // Convert_v1_RuleWithOperations_To_admissionregistration_RuleWithOperations is an autogenerated conversion function.
+// This is needed because it is referenced from other APIs, but is invisible at code-generation time because of the build tags.
 func Convert_v1_RuleWithOperations_To_admissionregistration_RuleWithOperations(in *v1.RuleWithOperations, out *admissionregistration.RuleWithOperations, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	return autoConvert_v1_RuleWithOperations_To_admissionregistration_RuleWithOperations(in, out, s)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/conversion.go b/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/conversion.go
index 8088edeb418..5a4f4694172 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authentication/v1/conversion.go
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Convert_v1_UserInfo_To_authentication_UserInfo is defined outside the autogenerated file for use by other API packages
+// This is needed because it is referenced from other APIs, but is invisible at code-generation time because of the build tags.
 func Convert_v1_UserInfo_To_authentication_UserInfo(in *v1.UserInfo, out *authentication.UserInfo, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	return autoConvert_v1_UserInfo_To_authentication_UserInfo(in, out, s)
 }
 
 // Convert_authentication_UserInfo_To_v1_UserInfo is defined outside the autogenerated file for use by other API packages
+// This is needed because it is referenced from other APIs, but is invisible at code-generation time because of the build tags.
 func Convert_authentication_UserInfo_To_v1_UserInfo(in *authentication.UserInfo, out *v1.UserInfo, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	return autoConvert_authentication_UserInfo_To_v1_UserInfo(in, out, s)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/v1/conversion.go b/pkg/apis/core/v1/conversion.go
index 68260f4fcfa..73488b17085 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/v1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/v1/conversion.go
@@ -543,11 +543,13 @@ func dropInitContainerAnnotations(oldAnnotations map[string]string) map[string]s
 }
 
 // Convert_core_PersistentVolumeSpec_To_v1_PersistentVolumeSpec is defined outside the autogenerated file for use by other API packages
+// This is needed because it is referenced from other APIs, but is invisible at code-generation time because of the build tags.
 func Convert_core_PersistentVolumeSpec_To_v1_PersistentVolumeSpec(in *core.PersistentVolumeSpec, out *v1.PersistentVolumeSpec, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	return autoConvert_core_PersistentVolumeSpec_To_v1_PersistentVolumeSpec(in, out, s)
 }
 
 // Convert_v1_PersistentVolumeSpec_To_core_PersistentVolumeSpec is defined outside the autogenerated file for use by other API packages
+// This is needed because it is referenced from other APIs, but is invisible at code-generation time because of the build tags.
 func Convert_v1_PersistentVolumeSpec_To_core_PersistentVolumeSpec(in *v1.PersistentVolumeSpec, out *core.PersistentVolumeSpec, s conversion.Scope) error {
 	return autoConvert_v1_PersistentVolumeSpec_To_core_PersistentVolumeSpec(in, out, s)
 }