diff --git a/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubelet-config-file.md b/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubelet-config-file.md
index ab7902169847c..f52dad0dc7eb0 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubelet-config-file.md
+++ b/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubelet-config-file.md
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ For a trick to generate a configuration file from a live node, see
 
 ## Start a Kubelet process configured via the config file
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 <<<<<<< HEAD
 Start the Kubelet with the `--config` flag set to the path of the Kubelet's config file.
 The Kubelet will then load its config from this file.
@@ -78,6 +79,27 @@ containing the `kubelet` file. The Kubelet will then load the parameters defined
 by `KubeletConfiguration` from the `kubelet` file, rather than from their 
 associated command-line flags.
 >>>>>>> Document the removal of the KubeletConfigFile feature gate (#7140)
+||||||| merged common ancestors
+Start the Kubelet with the `--init-config-dir` flag set to the location of the directory
+containing the `kubelet` file. The Kubelet will then load the parameters defined
+by `KubeletConfiguration` from the `kubelet` file, rather than from their 
+associated command-line flags.
+=======
+Start the Kubelet with the `--config` flag set to the path of the Kubelet's config file.
+The Kubelet will then load its config from this file.
+
+Note that command line flags which target the same value as a config file will override that value.
+This helps ensure backwards compatibility with the command-line API.
+
+Note that relative file paths in the Kubelet config file are resolved relative to the
+location of the Kubelet config file, whereas relative paths in command line flags are resolved
+relative to the Kubelet's current working directory.
+
+Note that some default values differ between command-line flags and the Kubelet config file.
+If `--config` is provided and the values are not specified via the command line, the
+defaults for the `KubeletConfiguration` version apply.
+In the above example, this version is `kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1`.
+>>>>>>> update kubeletconfig docs for v1.10, beta (#7561)
 
 {% endcapture %}
 
diff --git a/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/reconfigure-kubelet.md b/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/reconfigure-kubelet.md
index 0d1af986b2a30..71f9adac3160f 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/reconfigure-kubelet.md
+++ b/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/reconfigure-kubelet.md
@@ -112,7 +112,13 @@ configz endpoint:
 
 ```
 $ export NODE_NAME=the-name-of-the-node-you-are-reconfiguring
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 $ curl -sSL http://localhost:8001/api/v1/nodes/${NODE_NAME}/proxy/configz | jq '.kubeletconfig|.kind="KubeletConfiguration"|.apiVersion="kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1"' > kubelet_configz_${NODE_NAME}
+||||||| merged common ancestors
+$ curl -sSL http://localhost:8001/api/v1/proxy/nodes/${NODE_NAME}/configz | jq '.kubeletconfig|.kind="KubeletConfiguration"|.apiVersion="kubeletconfig/v1alpha1"' > kubelet_configz_${NODE_NAME}
+=======
+$ curl -sSL http://localhost:8001/api/v1/proxy/nodes/${NODE_NAME}/configz | jq '.kubeletconfig|.kind="KubeletConfiguration"|.apiVersion="kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1"' > kubelet_configz_${NODE_NAME}
+>>>>>>> update kubeletconfig docs for v1.10, beta (#7561)
 ```
 
 Note that we have to manually add the `kind` and `apiVersion` to the downloaded