diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
index 61e26592b9b..21eb1828567 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ var (
 	)
 	objectCounts = compbasemetrics.NewGaugeVec(
 		&compbasemetrics.GaugeOpts{
-			Name:              "apiserver_storage_objects",
-			Help:              "Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.",
-			StabilityLevel:    compbasemetrics.STABLE,
-			DeprecatedVersion: "1.34.0",
+			Name:           "apiserver_storage_objects",
+			Help:           "[DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.",
+			StabilityLevel: compbasemetrics.STABLE,
 		},
 		[]string{"resource"},
 	)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go
index efe7322305b..200739b1bd7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ apiserver_resource_objects{group="foo",resource="bar"} 10
 # HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes gauge
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo",resource="bar"} -1
-# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] [DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_storage_objects gauge
 apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar.foo"} 10
 `,
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ apiserver_resource_objects{group="foo",resource="bar"} 10
 # HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes gauge
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo",resource="bar"} 100
-# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] [DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_storage_objects gauge
 apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar.foo"} 10
 `,
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ apiserver_resource_objects{group="foo",resource="bar"} 0
 # HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes gauge
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo",resource="bar"} 0
-# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] [DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_storage_objects gauge
 apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar.foo"} 0
 `,
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar.foo"} 0
 			want: `# HELP apiserver_resource_objects [ALPHA] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_resource_objects gauge
 apiserver_resource_objects{group="foo",resource="bar"} -1
-# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] [DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_storage_objects gauge
 apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar.foo"} -1
 # HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func TestDeleteStoreStats(t *testing.T) {
 # TYPE apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes gauge
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo1",resource="bar1"} -1
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo2",resource="bar2"} 200
-# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] [DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_storage_objects gauge
 apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar1.foo1"} 10
 apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar2.foo2"} 20
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar2.foo2"} 20
 	expectedMetrics = `# HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes gauge
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo2",resource="bar2"} 200
-# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] [DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_storage_objects gauge
 apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar2.foo2"} 20
 `
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar2.foo2"} 20
 	}
 
 	DeleteStoreStats(schema.GroupResource{Group: "foo2", Resource: "bar2"})
-	expectedMetrics = `# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+	expectedMetrics = `# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] [DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_storage_objects gauge
 `
 	if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(registry, strings.NewReader(expectedMetrics), "apiserver_storage_objects", "apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes"); err != nil {
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml b/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
index 94f9ea5a701..4a62babc6ce 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
+++ b/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
@@ -411,10 +411,10 @@
   - 1e+08
   - 1e+09
 - name: apiserver_storage_objects
-  help: Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case
-    of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+  help: '[DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of
+    stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching
+    error, the value will be -1.'
   type: Gauge
-  deprecatedVersion: 1.34.0
   stabilityLevel: STABLE
   labels:
   - resource