diff --git a/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/device-plugins.md b/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/device-plugins.md
index bc3613c07f..1f98f07950 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/device-plugins.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/device-plugins.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Device Plugins
 description: Use the Kubernetes device plugin framework to implement plugins for GPUs, NICs, FPGAs, InfiniBand, and similar resources that require vendor-specific setup.
 ---
 
-{% include feature-state-alpha.md %}
+{% include feature-state-beta.md %}
 
 {% capture overview %}
 Starting in version 1.8, Kubernetes provides a
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ that may require vendor specific initialization and setup.
 
 ## Device plugin registration
 
-The device plugins feature is gated by the `DevicePlugins` feature gate and is disabled by default.
-When the device plugins feature is enabled, the kubelet exports a `Registration` gRPC service:
+The device plugins feature is gated by the `DevicePlugins` feature gate which
+is disabled by default before 1.10.  When the device plugins feature is enabled,
+the kubelet exports a `Registration` gRPC service:
 
 ```gRPC
 service Registration {
diff --git a/docs/reference/feature-gates.md b/docs/reference/feature-gates.md
index a5707e1b87..4c0391ef95 100644
--- a/docs/reference/feature-gates.md
+++ b/docs/reference/feature-gates.md
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ different Kubernetes components.
 | `CustomPodDNS` | `false` | Alpha | 1.9 | |
 | `CustomResourceValidation` | `false` | Alpha | 1.8 | 1.8 |
 | `CustomResourceValidation` | `true` | Beta | 1.9 | |
-| `DevicePlugins` | `false` | Alpha | 1.8 | |
+| `DevicePlugins` | `false` | Alpha | 1.8 | 1.9 |
+| `DevicePlugins` | `true` | Beta | 1.10 | |
 | `DynamicKubeletConfig` | `false` | Alpha | 1.4 | |
 | `DynamicVolumeProvisioning` | `true` | Alpha | 1.3 | 1.7 |
 | `DynamicVolumeProvisioning` | `true` | GA | 1.8 | |
diff --git a/docs/tasks/manage-gpus/scheduling-gpus.md b/docs/tasks/manage-gpus/scheduling-gpus.md
index 88eba339ea..9ae08ff766 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/manage-gpus/scheduling-gpus.md
+++ b/docs/tasks/manage-gpus/scheduling-gpus.md
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ works on 1.8 and 1.9 as well. It will be deprecated in 1.10 and removed in
 **From 1.8 onwards, the recommended way to consume GPUs is to use [device
 plugins](/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/device-plugins).**
 
-To enable GPU support through device plugins, a special **alpha** feature gate
-`DevicePlugins` has to be set to true across the system:
-`--feature-gates="DevicePlugins=true"`.
+To enable GPU support through device plugins before 1,10, the `DevicePlugins`
+feature gate has to be explicitly set to true across the system:
+`--feature-gates="DevicePlugins=true"`. This is no longer required starting
+from 1.10.
 
 Then you have to install NVIDIA drivers on the nodes and run an NVIDIA GPU device
 plugin ([see below](#deploying-nvidia-gpu-device-plugin)).