diff --git a/docs/endpoint-metrics.md b/docs/endpoint-metrics.md
index 6afc817488..281772b20d 100644
--- a/docs/endpoint-metrics.md
+++ b/docs/endpoint-metrics.md
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 | Metric name| Metric type | Labels/tags | Status |
 | ---------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- |
 | kube_endpoint_annotations | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; <br> `annotation_ENDPOINT_ANNOTATION`=&lt;ENDPOINT_ANNOTATION&gt;  | EXPERIMENTAL |
-| kube_endpoint_address_not_ready | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; | STABLE |
-| kube_endpoint_address_available | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; | STABLE |
+| kube_endpoint_address_not_ready | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; | DEPRECATED |
+| kube_endpoint_address_available | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; | DEPRECATED |
 | kube_endpoint_info | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt;  | STABLE |
 | kube_endpoint_labels | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; <br> `label_ENDPOINT_LABEL`=&lt;ENDPOINT_LABEL&gt;  | STABLE |
 | kube_endpoint_created | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; | STABLE |
-| kube_endpoint_ports | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; <br> `port_name`=&lt;endpoint-port-name&gt; <br> `port_protocol`=&lt;endpoint-port-protocol&gt; <br> `port_number`=&lt;endpoint-port-number&gt; | EXPERIMENTAL |
-| kube_endpoint_address | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; <br> `ip`=&lt;endpoint-ip&gt; <br> `ready`=&lt;true if available, false if unavailalbe&gt; | EXPERIMENTAL |
+| kube_endpoint_ports | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; <br> `port_name`=&lt;endpoint-port-name&gt; <br> `port_protocol`=&lt;endpoint-port-protocol&gt; <br> `port_number`=&lt;endpoint-port-number&gt; | STABLE |
+| kube_endpoint_address | Gauge | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; <br> `ip`=&lt;endpoint-ip&gt; <br> `ready`=&lt;true if available, false if unavailalbe&gt; | STABLE |
diff --git a/internal/store/endpoint.go b/internal/store/endpoint.go
index a2ab994339..8a26477a15 100644
--- a/internal/store/endpoint.go
+++ b/internal/store/endpoint.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func endpointMetricFamilies(allowAnnotationsList, allowLabelsList []string) []ge
 			"kube_endpoint_address_available",
 			"Number of addresses available in endpoint.",
 			metric.Gauge,
-			"",
+			"v2.6.0",
 			wrapEndpointFunc(func(e *v1.Endpoints) *metric.Family {
 				var available int
 				for _, s := range e.Subsets {
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func endpointMetricFamilies(allowAnnotationsList, allowLabelsList []string) []ge
 			"kube_endpoint_address_not_ready",
 			"Number of addresses not ready in endpoint",
 			metric.Gauge,
-			"",
+			"v2.6.0",
 			wrapEndpointFunc(func(e *v1.Endpoints) *metric.Family {
 				var notReady int
 				for _, s := range e.Subsets {
diff --git a/internal/store/endpoint_test.go b/internal/store/endpoint_test.go
index 69af58e791..3dfb49c818 100644
--- a/internal/store/endpoint_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/endpoint_test.go
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ func TestEndpointStore(t *testing.T) {
 	const metadata = `
 		# HELP kube_endpoint_annotations Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels.
 		# TYPE kube_endpoint_annotations gauge
-		# HELP kube_endpoint_address_available Number of addresses available in endpoint.
+		# HELP kube_endpoint_address_available (Deprecated since v2.6.0) Number of addresses available in endpoint.
 		# TYPE kube_endpoint_address_available gauge
-		# HELP kube_endpoint_address_not_ready Number of addresses not ready in endpoint
+		# HELP kube_endpoint_address_not_ready (Deprecated since v2.6.0) Number of addresses not ready in endpoint
 		# TYPE kube_endpoint_address_not_ready gauge
 		# HELP kube_endpoint_created Unix creation timestamp
 		# TYPE kube_endpoint_created gauge
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ func TestEndpointStoreWithLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	// Fixed metadata on type and help text. We prepend this to every expected
 	// output so we only have to modify a single place when doing adjustments.
 	const metadata = `
-		# HELP kube_endpoint_address_available Number of addresses available in endpoint.
+		# HELP kube_endpoint_address_available (Deprecated since v2.6.0) Number of addresses available in endpoint.
 		# TYPE kube_endpoint_address_available gauge
-		# HELP kube_endpoint_address_not_ready Number of addresses not ready in endpoint
+		# HELP kube_endpoint_address_not_ready (Deprecated since v2.6.0) Number of addresses not ready in endpoint
 		# TYPE kube_endpoint_address_not_ready gauge
 		# HELP kube_endpoint_annotations Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels.
 		# TYPE kube_endpoint_annotations gauge