diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1/generated.proto
index 8fbb1e50e80..fb892ff723c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1/generated.proto
@@ -99,9 +99,10 @@ message Event {
 
   // Annotations is an unstructured key value map stored with an audit event that may be set by
   // plugins invoked in the request serving chain, including authentication, authorization and
-  // admission plugins. Keys should uniquely identify the informing component to avoid name
-  // collisions (e.g. podsecuritypolicy.admission.k8s.io/policy). Values should be short. Annotations
-  // are included in the Metadata level.
+  // admission plugins. Note that these annotations are for the audit event, and do not correspond
+  // to the metadata.annotations of the submitted object. Keys should uniquely identify the informing
+  // component to avoid name collisions (e.g. podsecuritypolicy.admission.k8s.io/policy). Values
+  // should be short. Annotations are included in the Metadata level.
   // +optional
   map<string, string> annotations = 15;
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1alpha1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1alpha1/generated.proto
index b3f3692e2aa..3c0ea0d5308 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1alpha1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1alpha1/generated.proto
@@ -105,9 +105,10 @@ message Event {
 
   // Annotations is an unstructured key value map stored with an audit event that may be set by
   // plugins invoked in the request serving chain, including authentication, authorization and
-  // admission plugins. Keys should uniquely identify the informing component to avoid name
-  // collisions (e.g. podsecuritypolicy.admission.k8s.io/policy). Values should be short. Annotations
-  // are included in the Metadata level.
+  // admission plugins. Note that these annotations are for the audit event, and do not correspond
+  // to the metadata.annotations of the submitted object. Keys should uniquely identify the informing
+  // component to avoid name collisions (e.g. podsecuritypolicy.admission.k8s.io/policy). Values
+  // should be short. Annotations are included in the Metadata level.
   // +optional
   map<string, string> annotations = 17;
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1beta1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1beta1/generated.proto
index efea140b0d9..00c6b15c8ae 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1beta1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit/v1beta1/generated.proto
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ message Event {
 
   // Annotations is an unstructured key value map stored with an audit event that may be set by
   // plugins invoked in the request serving chain, including authentication, authorization and
-  // admission plugins. Keys should uniquely identify the informing component to avoid name
-  // collisions (e.g. podsecuritypolicy.admission.k8s.io/policy). Values should be short. Annotations
-  // are included in the Metadata level.
+  // admission plugins. Note that these annotations are for the audit event, and do not correspond
+  // to the metadata.annotations of the submitted object. Keys should uniquely identify the informing
+  // component to avoid name collisions (e.g. podsecuritypolicy.admission.k8s.io/policy). Values
+  // should be short. Annotations are included in the Metadata level.
   // +optional
   map<string, string> annotations = 17;
 }