diff --git a/docs/admin/kubeadm.md b/docs/admin/kubeadm.md
index 50c9f08a5d..56d5218444 100644
--- a/docs/admin/kubeadm.md
+++ b/docs/admin/kubeadm.md
@@ -389,6 +389,18 @@ configuration file.
 If `KUBE_KUBERNETES_DIR` is specified, you may need to rewrite the arguments of the kubelet.
 (e.g. --kubeconfig, --pod-manifest-path)
 
+If `KUBE_REPO_PREFIX` is specified, you may need to set the kubelet flag `--pod-infra-container-image` which specifies which pause image to use.
+Defaults to `gcr.io/google_containers/pause-${ARCH}:3.0` where `${ARCH}` can be one of `amd64`, `arm`, `arm64`, `ppc64le` or `s390x`.
+
+```bash
+cat > /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/20-pod-infra-image.conf <<EOF
+[Service]
+Environment="KUBELET_EXTRA_ARGS=--pod-infra-container-image=<your-image>"
+EOF
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl restart kubelet
+```
+
 If you want to use kubeadm with an http proxy, you may need to configure it to
 support http_proxy, https_proxy, or no_proxy.