diff --git a/.generated_files b/.generated_files
index 74d5477ab1f4b..ac3b191ad4eee 100644
--- a/.generated_files
+++ b/.generated_files
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ path-prefix	vendor/
 path-prefix	api/swagger-spec/
 path-prefix	pkg/generated/
 
-paths-from-repo	.generated_docs
+paths-from-repo	docs/.generated_docs
diff --git a/.generated_docs b/docs/.generated_docs
similarity index 99%
rename from .generated_docs
rename to docs/.generated_docs
index 2a84cbedb4ed7..7be6b168c6f7c 100644
--- a/.generated_docs
+++ b/docs/.generated_docs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.generated_docs
+docs/.generated_docs
 docs/admin/federation-apiserver.md
 docs/admin/federation-controller-manager.md
 docs/admin/kube-apiserver.md
diff --git a/docs/OWNERS b/docs/OWNERS
index 0f4d3337522ed..0f42f79ac8cb0 100644
--- a/docs/OWNERS
+++ b/docs/OWNERS
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ approvers:
   - brendandburns
   - smarterclayton
   - thockin
+  - pwittrock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/generate-docs.sh b/hack/generate-docs.sh
index 1fdd8fa20a9cc..c2ba698115861 100755
--- a/hack/generate-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/generate-docs.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ kube::util::gen-docs "${KUBE_TEMP}"
 kube::util::remove-gen-docs
 
 # copy fresh docs into the repo.
-# the shopt is so that we get .generated_docs from the glob.
+# the shopt is so that we get docs/.generated_docs from the glob.
 shopt -s dotglob
 cp -af "${KUBE_TEMP}"/* "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 shopt -u dotglob
diff --git a/hack/lib/util.sh b/hack/lib/util.sh
index 3702cec394051..dec32e8a215d5 100755
--- a/hack/lib/util.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/util.sh
@@ -228,14 +228,14 @@ kube::util::gen-docs() {
 
   # create the list of generated files
   pushd "${dest}" > /dev/null
-  touch .generated_docs
-  find . -type f | cut -sd / -f 2- | LC_ALL=C sort > .generated_docs
+  touch docs/.generated_docs
+  find . -type f | cut -sd / -f 2- | LC_ALL=C sort > docs/.generated_docs
   popd > /dev/null
 }
 
 # Puts a placeholder for every generated doc. This makes the link checker work.
 kube::util::set-placeholder-gen-docs() {
-  local list_file="${KUBE_ROOT}/.generated_docs"
+  local list_file="${KUBE_ROOT}/docs/.generated_docs"
   if [ -e ${list_file} ]; then
     # remove all of the old docs; we don't want to check them in.
     while read file; do
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ kube::util::set-placeholder-gen-docs() {
         cp "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/autogenerated_placeholder.txt" "${KUBE_ROOT}/${file}"
       fi
     done <"${list_file}"
-    # The .generated_docs file lists itself, so we don't need to explicitly
+    # The docs/.generated_docs file lists itself, so we don't need to explicitly
     # delete it.
   fi
 }
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ kube::util::set-placeholder-gen-docs() {
 # Removes previously generated docs-- we don't want to check them in. $KUBE_ROOT
 # must be set.
 kube::util::remove-gen-docs() {
-  if [ -e "${KUBE_ROOT}/.generated_docs" ]; then
+  if [ -e "${KUBE_ROOT}/docs/.generated_docs" ]; then
     # remove all of the old docs; we don't want to check them in.
     while read file; do
       rm "${KUBE_ROOT}/${file}" 2>/dev/null || true
-    done <"${KUBE_ROOT}/.generated_docs"
-    # The .generated_docs file lists itself, so we don't need to explicitly
+    done <"${KUBE_ROOT}/docs/.generated_docs"
+    # The docs/.generated_docs file lists itself, so we don't need to explicitly
     # delete it.
   fi
 }
diff --git a/hack/update-generated-docs.sh b/hack/update-generated-docs.sh
index 149d81e7b2063..38595ff71b03a 100755
--- a/hack/update-generated-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/update-generated-docs.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ kube::util::gen-docs "${KUBE_TEMP}"
 kube::util::remove-gen-docs
 
 # Copy fresh docs into the repo.
-# the shopt is so that we get .generated_docs from the glob.
+# the shopt is so that we get docs/.generated_docs from the glob.
 shopt -s dotglob
 cp -af "${KUBE_TEMP}"/* "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 shopt -u dotglob
diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-docs.sh b/hack/verify-generated-docs.sh
index 8ca70334c879f..e2d1899ffddc0 100755
--- a/hack/verify-generated-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-generated-docs.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ kube::util::ensure-temp-dir
 kube::util::gen-docs "${KUBE_TEMP}"
 
 # Verify the list matches the expected list (diff should be empty)
-if [[ "$(diff ${KUBE_ROOT}/.generated_docs ${KUBE_TEMP}/.generated_docs)" != "" ]]; then
+if [[ "$(diff ${KUBE_ROOT}/docs/.generated_docs ${KUBE_TEMP}/docs/.generated_docs)" != "" ]]; then
   echo "List of generated docs doesn't match a freshly built list. Please run hack/update-generated-docs.sh"
   exit 1
 fi
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ fi
 # Verify the files in the repo all contain the boilerplate instead of the actual
 # content.
 while read file; do
-  # Ignore .generated_docs-- it should not have the boilerplate!
-  [[ "${file}" == ".generated_docs" ]] && continue
+  # Ignore docs/.generated_docs-- it should not have the boilerplate!
+  [[ "${file}" == "docs/.generated_docs" ]] && continue
 
   # Search for "hack/generate-docs.sh" as a proxy for the boilerplate content,
   # since the munger adds a bunch of other stuff.
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ while read file; do
     echo "Please run hack/update-generated-docs.sh"
     exit 1
   fi
-done <"${KUBE_ROOT}/.generated_docs"
+done <"${KUBE_ROOT}/docs/.generated_docs"