diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/containers/images.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/containers/images.md
index 6fe34e488e..41ee06bb07 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/concepts/containers/images.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/containers/images.md
@@ -367,7 +367,10 @@ you must ensure all nodes in the cluster have the same pre-pulled images.
 This can be used to preload certain images for speed or as an alternative to authenticating to a
 private registry.
 
-All pods will have read access to any pre-pulled images.
+{{< note >}}
+{{< feature-state feature_gate_name="KubeletEnsureSecretPulledImages" >}}
+Access to pre-pulled images may be authorized according to [image pull credential verification](#ensureimagepullcredentialverification)
+{{< /note >}}
 
 ### Specifying imagePullSecrets on a Pod
 
@@ -380,6 +383,43 @@ Kubernetes supports specifying container image registry keys on a Pod.
 `imagePullSecrets` must all be in the same namespace as the Pod. The referenced
 Secrets must be of type `kubernetes.io/dockercfg` or `kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson`.
 
+#### Ensure Image Pull Credential Verification {#ensureimagepullcredentialverification}
+
+{{< feature-state feature_gate_name="KubeletEnsureSecretPulledImages" >}}
+
+If the `KubeletEnsureSecretPulledImages` feature gate is enabled, Kubernetes will validate 
+image credentials for every image that requires credentials to be pulled,
+even if that image is already present on the node.
+This validation ensures that images in a pod request which have not been successfully pulled
+with the provided credentials must re-pull the images from the registry.
+Additionally, image pulls that re-use the same credentials
+which previously resulted in a successful image pull will not need to re-pull from the registry
+and are instead validated locally without accessing the registry
+(provided the image is available locally).
+This is controlled by the`imagePullCredentialsVerificationPolicy` field in the
+[Kubelet configuration](/docs/reference/config-api/kubelet-config.v1beta1#ImagePullCredentialsVerificationPolicy).
+
+This configuration controls when image pull credentials must be verified if the
+image is already present on the node:
+
+ * `NeverVerify`: Mimics the behavior of having this feature gate disabled.
+   If the image is present locally, image pull credentials are not verified.
+ * `NeverVerifyPreloadedImages`: Images pulled outside the kubelet are not verified,
+ but all other images will have their credentials verified. This is the default behavior.
+ * `NeverVerifyAllowListedImages`: Images pulled outside the kubelet and mentioned within the 
+   `preloadedImagesVerificationAllowlist` specified in the kubelet config are not verified.
+ * `AlwaysVerify`: All images will have their credentials verified
+   before they can be used.
+
+This verification applies to [pre-pulled images](#pre-pulled-images),
+images pulled using node-wide secrets, and images pulled using pod-level secrets.
+
+{{< note >}}
+In the case of credential rotation, the credentials previously used to pull the image
+will continue to verify without the need to access the registry. New or rotated credentials
+will require the image to be re-pulled from the registry.
+{{< /note >}}
+
 #### Creating a Secret with a Docker config
 
 You need to know the username, registry password and client email address for authenticating
diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/kubelet-ensure-secret-pulled-images.md b/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/kubelet-ensure-secret-pulled-images.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5bcbb075e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/kubelet-ensure-secret-pulled-images.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+title: KubeletEnsureSecretPulledImages
+content_type: feature_gate
+_build:
+  list: never
+  render: false
+
+stages:
+  - stage: alpha
+    defaultValue: false
+    fromVersion: "1.33"
+---
+Ensure that pods requesting an image are authorized to access the image
+with the provided credentials when the image is already present on the node.
+See [Ensure Image Pull Credential Verification](/docs/concepts/containers/images#ensureimagepullcredentialverification).
diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/node/kubelet-files.md b/content/en/docs/reference/node/kubelet-files.md
index 6b8a5c2df6..981e0b1ae6 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/reference/node/kubelet-files.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/node/kubelet-files.md
@@ -148,6 +148,23 @@ The types of plugins that can place socket files into that directory are:
 [Graceful node shutdown](/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/node-shutdown/#graceful-node-shutdown)
 stores state locally at `/var/lib/kubelet/graceful_node_shutdown_state`.
 
+### Image Pull Records
+
+{{< feature-state feature_gate_name="KubeletEnsureSecretPulledImages" >}}
+
+The kubelet stores records of attempted and successful image pulls, and uses it
+to verify that the image was previously successfully pulled with the same credentials.
+
+These records are cached as files in the `image_registry` directory within
+the kubelet base directory. On a typical Linux node, this means `/var/lib/kubelet/image_manager`.
+There are two subdirectories to `image_manager`:
+* `pulling` - stores records about images the Kubelet is attempting to pull.
+* `pulled` - stores records about images that were successfully pulled by the Kubelet, 
+  along with metadata about the credentials used for the pulls.
+
+See [Ensure Image Pull Credential Verification](/docs/concepts/containers/images#ensureimagepullcredentialverification)
+for details.
+
 ## Security profiles & configuration
 
 ### Seccomp