diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/containers/runtime-class.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/containers/runtime-class.md
index 96858d32af..849cd98782 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/concepts/containers/runtime-class.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/containers/runtime-class.md
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ For more details on setting up CRI runtimes, see [CRI installation](/docs/setup/
 
 #### dockershim
 
+{{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.20" state="deprecated" >}}
+
+Dockershim is deprecated as of Kubernetes v1.20, and will be removed in v1.24. For more information on the deprecation,
+see [dockershim deprecation](/blog/2020/12/08/kubernetes-1-20-release-announcement/#dockershim-deprecation)
+
 RuntimeClasses with dockershim must set the runtime handler to `docker`. Dockershim does not support
 custom configurable runtime handlers.