diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/resourcemetrics/v1alpha1/config.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/resourcemetrics/v1alpha1/config.go
index 38e5a17f0b3..54d6fc21daa 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/resourcemetrics/v1alpha1/config.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/resourcemetrics/v1alpha1/config.go
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/server/stats"
 )
 
+// This file contains a series of deprecated metrics which we emit them by endpoint `/metrics/resource/v1alpha1`.
+// These metrics have been adapted to new endpoint `/metrics/resource` as well as new `Desc`s.
+// In general, we don't need to maintain these deprecated metrics any more.
+// TODO(RainbowMango): Remove this file in release 1.20.0+.
+
 // Version is the string representation of the version of this configuration
 const Version = "v1alpha1"
 
@@ -33,28 +38,28 @@ var (
 		nil,
 		nil,
 		metrics.ALPHA,
-		"")
+		"1.18.0")
 
 	nodeMemoryUsageDesc = metrics.NewDesc("node_memory_working_set_bytes",
 		"Current working set of the node in bytes",
 		nil,
 		nil,
 		metrics.ALPHA,
-		"")
+		"1.18.0")
 
 	containerCPUUsageDesc = metrics.NewDesc("container_cpu_usage_seconds_total",
 		"Cumulative cpu time consumed by the container in core-seconds",
 		[]string{"container", "pod", "namespace"},
 		nil,
 		metrics.ALPHA,
-		"")
+		"1.18.0")
 
 	containerMemoryUsageDesc = metrics.NewDesc("container_memory_working_set_bytes",
 		"Current working set of the container in bytes",
 		[]string{"container", "pod", "namespace"},
 		nil,
 		metrics.ALPHA,
-		"")
+		"1.18.0")
 )
 
 // getNodeCPUMetrics returns CPU utilization of a node.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
index 74eeaf10171..26ab0026557 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ func (s *Server) InstallDefaultHandlers(enableCAdvisorJSONEndpoints bool) {
 		compbasemetrics.HandlerFor(r, compbasemetrics.HandlerOpts{ErrorHandling: compbasemetrics.ContinueOnError}),
 	)
 
+	// deprecated endpoint which will be removed in release 1.20.0+.
 	v1alpha1ResourceRegistry := compbasemetrics.NewKubeRegistry()
 	v1alpha1ResourceRegistry.CustomMustRegister(stats.NewPrometheusResourceMetricCollector(s.resourceAnalyzer, v1alpha1.Config()))
 	s.restfulCont.Handle(path.Join(resourceMetricsPath, v1alpha1.Version),
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/prometheus_resource_metrics.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/prometheus_resource_metrics.go
index 701c897126a..7d0c76fc929 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/prometheus_resource_metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/prometheus_resource_metrics.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func NewPrometheusResourceMetricCollector(provider SummaryProvider, config Resou
 			nil,
 			nil,
 			metrics.ALPHA,
-			""),
+			"1.18.0"),
 	}
 }