diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 634b543bc62..5823a576682 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ function start-kubelet {
     flags+=" --hairpin-mode=none"
     if [[ "${REGISTER_MASTER_KUBELET:-false}" == "true" ]]; then
       #TODO(mikedanese): allow static pods to start before creating a client
-      #flags+=" --experimental-bootstrap-kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/bootstrap-kubeconfig"
+      #flags+=" --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/bootstrap-kubeconfig"
       #flags+=" --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig"
       flags+=" --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/bootstrap-kubeconfig"
       flags+=" --require-kubeconfig"
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ function start-kubelet {
   else # For nodes
     flags+="${NODE_KUBELET_TEST_ARGS:-}"
     flags+=" --enable-debugging-handlers=true"
-    flags+=" --experimental-bootstrap-kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/bootstrap-kubeconfig"
+    flags+=" --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/bootstrap-kubeconfig"
     flags+=" --require-kubeconfig"
     flags+=" --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig"
     if [[ "${HAIRPIN_MODE:-}" == "promiscuous-bridge" ]] || \
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
index d1309b7c81a..03e66d4e48b 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/default
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 {% endif -%}
 
 {% if grains.cloud == 'gce' -%}
-  {% set api_servers = "--experimental-bootstrap-kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/bootstrap-kubeconfig --require-kubeconfig --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig" -%}
+  {% set api_servers = "--bootstrap-kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/bootstrap-kubeconfig --require-kubeconfig --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig" -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
 {% set cloud_provider = "" -%}
diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index b5dc81df4af..1d75b738769 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ func (f *KubeletFlags) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.Var(&f.KubeConfig, "kubeconfig", "Path to a kubeconfig file, specifying how to connect to the API server. --api-servers will be used for the location unless --require-kubeconfig is set.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&f.RequireKubeConfig, "require-kubeconfig", f.RequireKubeConfig, "If true the Kubelet will exit if there are configuration errors, and will ignore the value of --api-servers in favor of the server defined in the kubeconfig file.")
 
-	fs.StringVar(&f.BootstrapKubeconfig, "experimental-bootstrap-kubeconfig", f.BootstrapKubeconfig, "<Warning: Experimental feature> Path to a kubeconfig file that will be used to get client certificate for kubelet. "+
+	fs.MarkDeprecated("experimental-bootstrap-kubeconfig", "Use --bootstrap-kubeconfig")
+	fs.StringVar(&f.BootstrapKubeconfig, "experimental-bootstrap-kubeconfig", f.BootstrapKubeconfig, "deprecated: use --bootstrap-kubeconfig")
+	fs.StringVar(&f.BootstrapKubeconfig, "bootstrap-kubeconfig", f.BootstrapKubeconfig, "Path to a kubeconfig file that will be used to get client certificate for kubelet. "+
 		"If the file specified by --kubeconfig does not exist, the bootstrap kubeconfig is used to request a client certificate from the API server. "+
 		"On success, a kubeconfig file referencing the generated client certificate and key is written to the path specified by --kubeconfig. "+
 		"The client certificate and key file will be stored in the directory pointed by --cert-dir.")
diff --git a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
index a05df138fa9..bf2719afed9 100644
--- a/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
+++ b/hack/verify-flags/known-flags.txt
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ exit-on-lock-contention
 experimental-allocatable-ignore-eviction
 experimental-allowed-unsafe-sysctls
 experimental-bootstrap-kubeconfig
+bootstrap-kubeconfig
 experimental-bootstrap-token-auth
 experimental-check-node-capabilities-before-mount
 experimental-cluster-signing-duration