diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/types.go
index a13a6b71aa..e957849ba5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/types.go
@@ -399,11 +399,14 @@ type ListOptions struct {
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // ExportOptions is the query options to the standard REST get call.
+// Deprecated. Planned for removal in 1.18.
 type ExportOptions struct {
 	TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
 	// Should this value be exported.  Export strips fields that a user can not specify.
+	// Deprecated. Planned for removal in 1.18.
 	Export bool `json:"export" protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=export"`
 	// Should the export be exact.  Exact export maintains cluster-specific fields like 'Namespace'.
+	// Deprecated. Planned for removal in 1.18.
 	Exact bool `json:"exact" protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=exact"`
 }