diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-topology-spread-constraints.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-topology-spread-constraints.md
index b301a621c9..d538775c53 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-topology-spread-constraints.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-topology-spread-constraints.md
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ using default constraints for `PodTopologySpread`.
 
 {{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.19" state="alpha" >}}
 
-When the feature gate `DefaultPodTopologySpread` is enabled,
+When you enable the `DefaultPodTopologySpread` feature gate, the
+legacy `SelectorSpread` plugin is disabled.
 kube-scheduler uses the following default topology constraints for the
 `PodTopologySpread` plugin configuration:
 
@@ -247,11 +248,11 @@ is disabled.
 
 {{< note >}}
 If your nodes are not expected to have **both** `kubernetes.io/hostname` and
-`topology.kubernetes.io/zone` labels set, you should define your own constraints
-instead of using the Kubernetes default.
+`topology.kubernetes.io/zone` labels set, define your own constraints
+instead of using the Kubernetes defaults.
 
-The `PodTopologySpread` plugin ignores from scoring the nodes that don't have
-both topologies.
+The `PodTopologySpread` plugin does not score the nodes that don't have
+the topology keys specified in the spreading constraints.
 {{< /note >}}
 
 ## Comparison with PodAffinity/PodAntiAffinity
diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md b/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md
index 5422fb9202..cdd51478a1 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ different Kubernetes components.
 | `CustomCPUCFSQuotaPeriod` | `false` | Alpha | 1.12 | |
 | `CustomResourceDefaulting` | `false` | Alpha| 1.15 | 1.15 |
 | `CustomResourceDefaulting` | `true` | Beta | 1.16 | |
+| `DefaultPodTopologySpread` | `false` | Alpha | 1.19 | |
 | `DevicePlugins` | `false` | Alpha | 1.8 | 1.9 |
 | `DevicePlugins` | `true` | Beta | 1.10 | |
 | `DryRun` | `false` | Alpha | 1.12 | 1.12 |
@@ -404,6 +405,8 @@ Each feature gate is designed for enabling/disabling a specific feature:
   troubleshoot a running Pod.
 - `DevicePlugins`: Enable the [device-plugins](/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/device-plugins/)
   based resource provisioning on nodes.
+- `DefaultPodTopologySpread`: Enables the use of `PodTopologySpread` scheduling plugin to do
+  [default spreading](/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod/pod-topology-spread-constraints/#internal-default-constraints).
 - `DryRun`: Enable server-side [dry run](/docs/reference/using-api/api-concepts/#dry-run) requests
   so that validation, merging, and mutation can be tested without committing.
 - `DynamicAuditing`: Enable [dynamic auditing](/docs/tasks/debug-application-cluster/audit/#dynamic-backend)