diff --git a/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-patch-demo.yaml b/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-patch-demo.yaml
index f3f1bc34d85ac..b6b9528282447 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-patch-demo.yaml
+++ b/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-patch-demo.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: patch-demo
 spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: nginx
   replicas: 2
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-scale.yaml b/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-scale.yaml
index 01351c3b5ab8f..bd6c477b3f44b 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-scale.yaml
+++ b/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-scale.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta2
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: nginx-deployment
 spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: nginx
   replicas: 4 # Update the replicas from 2 to 4
   template:
     metadata:
diff --git a/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-update.yaml b/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-update.yaml
index 8f0ac0b48c682..7507e71109006 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-update.yaml
+++ b/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment-update.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta2
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: nginx-deployment
 spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: nginx
   replicas: 2
   template:
     metadata:
diff --git a/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment.yaml b/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment.yaml
index 8d14e2ef08a82..06d622cce2f25 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment.yaml
+++ b/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta2
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: nginx-deployment
 spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: nginx
   replicas: 2 # tells deployment to run 2 pods matching the template
   template: # create pods using pod definition in this template
     metadata:
diff --git a/docs/tasks/run-application/gce-volume.yaml b/docs/tasks/run-application/gce-volume.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ddb9ecc3ce227..0000000000000
--- a/docs/tasks/run-application/gce-volume.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: PersistentVolume
-metadata:
-  name: mysql-pv
-spec:
-  capacity:
-    storage: 20Gi
-  accessModes:
-    - ReadWriteOnce
-  gcePersistentDisk:
-    pdName: mysql-disk
-    fsType: ext4
diff --git a/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-deployment.yaml b/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-deployment.yaml
index 1bf9671ef111e..f60e462817e1c 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-deployment.yaml
+++ b/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-deployment.yaml
@@ -16,16 +16,18 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   accessModes:
     - ReadWriteOnce
-  storageClassName: ""
   resources:
     requests:
       storage: 20Gi
 ---
-apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta2
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: mysql
 spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: mysql
   strategy:
     type: Recreate
   template:
diff --git a/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-statefulset.yaml b/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-statefulset.yaml
index d8ee2d9ac95ae..6faddc3cb6b3e 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/docs/tasks/run-application/mysql-statefulset.yaml
@@ -1,62 +1,66 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
+apiVersion: apps/v1beta2
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: mysql
 spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: mysql
   serviceName: mysql
   replicas: 3
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: mysql
-      annotations:
-        pod.beta.kubernetes.io/init-containers: '[
-          {
-            "name": "init-mysql",
-            "image": "mysql:5.7",
-            "command": ["bash", "-c", "
-              set -ex\n
-              # Generate mysql server-id from pod ordinal index.\n
-              [[ `hostname` =~ -([0-9]+)$ ]] || exit 1\n
-              ordinal=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}\n
-              echo [mysqld] > /mnt/conf.d/server-id.cnf\n
-              # Add an offset to avoid reserved server-id=0 value.\n
-              echo server-id=$((100 + $ordinal)) >> /mnt/conf.d/server-id.cnf\n
-              # Copy appropriate conf.d files from config-map to emptyDir.\n
-              if [[ $ordinal -eq 0 ]]; then\n
-                cp /mnt/config-map/master.cnf /mnt/conf.d/\n
-              else\n
-                cp /mnt/config-map/slave.cnf /mnt/conf.d/\n
-              fi\n
-            "],
-            "volumeMounts": [
-              {"name": "conf", "mountPath": "/mnt/conf.d"},
-              {"name": "config-map", "mountPath": "/mnt/config-map"}
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "clone-mysql",
-            "image": "gcr.io/google-samples/xtrabackup:1.0",
-            "command": ["bash", "-c", "
-              set -ex\n
-              # Skip the clone if data already exists.\n
-              [[ -d /var/lib/mysql/mysql ]] && exit 0\n
-              # Skip the clone on master (ordinal index 0).\n
-              [[ `hostname` =~ -([0-9]+)$ ]] || exit 1\n
-              ordinal=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}\n
-              [[ $ordinal -eq 0 ]] && exit 0\n
-              # Clone data from previous peer.\n
-              ncat --recv-only mysql-$(($ordinal-1)).mysql 3307 | xbstream -x -C /var/lib/mysql\n
-              # Prepare the backup.\n
-              xtrabackup --prepare --target-dir=/var/lib/mysql\n
-            "],
-            "volumeMounts": [
-              {"name": "data", "mountPath": "/var/lib/mysql", "subPath": "mysql"},
-              {"name": "conf", "mountPath": "/etc/mysql/conf.d"}
-            ]
-          }
-        ]'
     spec:
+      initContainers:
+      - name: init-mysql
+        image: mysql:5.7
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+          # Generate mysql server-id from pod ordinal index.
+          [[ `hostname` =~ -([0-9]+)$ ]] || exit 1
+          ordinal=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+          echo [mysqld] > /mnt/conf.d/server-id.cnf
+          # Add an offset to avoid reserved server-id=0 value.
+          echo server-id=$((100 + $ordinal)) >> /mnt/conf.d/server-id.cnf
+          # Copy appropriate conf.d files from config-map to emptyDir.
+          if [[ $ordinal -eq 0 ]]; then
+            cp /mnt/config-map/master.cnf /mnt/conf.d/
+          else
+            cp /mnt/config-map/slave.cnf /mnt/conf.d/
+          fi
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: conf
+          mountPath: /mnt/conf.d
+        - name: config-map
+          mountPath: /mnt/config-map
+      - name: clone-mysql
+        image: gcr.io/google-samples/xtrabackup:1.0
+        command:
+        - bash
+        - "-c"
+        - |
+          set -ex
+          # Skip the clone if data already exists.
+          [[ -d /var/lib/mysql/mysql ]] && exit 0
+          # Skip the clone on master (ordinal index 0).
+          [[ `hostname` =~ -([0-9]+)$ ]] || exit 1
+          ordinal=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+          [[ $ordinal -eq 0 ]] && exit 0
+          # Clone data from previous peer.
+          ncat --recv-only mysql-$(($ordinal-1)).mysql 3307 | xbstream -x -C /var/lib/mysql
+          # Prepare the backup.
+          xtrabackup --prepare --target-dir=/var/lib/mysql
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /var/lib/mysql
+          subPath: mysql
+        - name: conf
+          mountPath: /etc/mysql/conf.d
       containers:
       - name: mysql
         image: mysql:5.7
@@ -74,18 +78,20 @@ spec:
           mountPath: /etc/mysql/conf.d
         resources:
           requests:
-            cpu: 1
+            cpu: 500m
             memory: 1Gi
         livenessProbe:
           exec:
             command: ["mysqladmin", "ping"]
           initialDelaySeconds: 30
+          periodSeconds: 10
           timeoutSeconds: 5
         readinessProbe:
           exec:
             # Check we can execute queries over TCP (skip-networking is off).
             command: ["mysql", "-h", "127.0.0.1", "-e", "SELECT 1"]
           initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          periodSeconds: 2
           timeoutSeconds: 1
       - name: xtrabackup
         image: gcr.io/google-samples/xtrabackup:1.0
@@ -154,11 +160,8 @@ spec:
   volumeClaimTemplates:
   - metadata:
       name: data
-      annotations:
-        volume.alpha.kubernetes.io/storage-class: default
     spec:
       accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
       resources:
         requests:
           storage: 10Gi
-
diff --git a/docs/tasks/run-application/patch-file.json b/docs/tasks/run-application/patch-file.json
deleted file mode 100644
index bfa7488d4b064..0000000000000
--- a/docs/tasks/run-application/patch-file.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-   "spec": {
-      "template": {
-         "spec": {
-            "containers": [
-               {
-                  "name": "patch-demo-ctr-2",
-                  "image": "redis"
-               }
-            ]
-         }
-      }
-   }
-}
diff --git a/docs/tasks/run-application/run-replicated-stateful-application.md b/docs/tasks/run-application/run-replicated-stateful-application.md
index 9613bb2437d2d..5241d555b08db 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/run-application/run-replicated-stateful-application.md
+++ b/docs/tasks/run-application/run-replicated-stateful-application.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 approvers:
-- bprashanth
 - enisoc
 - erictune
 - foxish
@@ -225,7 +224,7 @@ by running a temporary container with the `mysql:5.7` image and running the
 `mysql` client binary.
 
 ```shell
-kubectl run mysql-client --image=mysql:5.7 -i -t --rm --restart=Never --\
+kubectl run mysql-client --image=mysql:5.7 -i --rm --restart=Never --\
   mysql -h mysql-0.mysql <<EOF
 CREATE DATABASE test;
 CREATE TABLE test.messages (message VARCHAR(250));
diff --git a/docs/tasks/run-application/run-single-instance-stateful-application.md b/docs/tasks/run-application/run-single-instance-stateful-application.md
index 6a1c305fa9dc8..099cafae720fc 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/run-application/run-single-instance-stateful-application.md
+++ b/docs/tasks/run-application/run-single-instance-stateful-application.md
@@ -24,48 +24,13 @@ application is MySQL.
 
 * {% include task-tutorial-prereqs.md %}
 
-* For data persistence we will create a Persistent Volume that
-  references a disk in your
-  environment. See
-  [here](/docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes/#types-of-persistent-volumes) for
-  the types of environments supported. This Tutorial will demonstrate
-  `GCEPersistentDisk` but any type will work. `GCEPersistentDisk`
-  volumes only work on Google Compute Engine.
+* {% include default-storage-class-prereqs.md %}
 
 {% endcapture %}
 
 
 {% capture lessoncontent %}
 
-## Set up a disk in your environment
-
-You can use any type of persistent volume for your stateful app. See
-[Types of Persistent Volumes](/docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes/#types-of-persistent-volumes)
-for a list of supported environment disks. For Google Compute Engine, run:
-
-```
-gcloud compute disks create --size=20GB mysql-disk
-```
-
-Next create a PersistentVolume that points to the `mysql-disk`
-disk just created. Here is a configuration file for a PersistentVolume
-that points to the Compute Engine disk above:
-
-{% include code.html language="yaml" file="gce-volume.yaml" ghlink="/docs/tasks/run-application/gce-volume.yaml" %}
-
-Notice that the `pdName: mysql-disk` line matches the name of the disk
-in the Compute Engine environment. See the
-[Persistent Volumes](/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/)
-for details on writing a PersistentVolume configuration file for other
-environments.
-
-Create the persistent volume:
-
-```
-kubectl create -f https://k8s.io/docs/tasks/run-application/gce-volume.yaml
-```
-
-
 ## Deploy MySQL
 
 You can run a stateful application by creating a Kubernetes Deployment
@@ -74,8 +39,8 @@ PersistentVolumeClaim.  For example, this YAML file describes a
 Deployment that runs MySQL and references the PersistentVolumeClaim. The file
 defines a volume mount for /var/lib/mysql, and then creates a
 PersistentVolumeClaim that looks for a 20G volume. This claim is
-satisfied by any volume that meets the requirements, in this case, the
-volume created above.
+satisfied by any existing volume that meets the requirements,
+or by a dynamic provisioner.
 
 Note: The password is defined in the config yaml, and this is insecure. See
 [Kubernetes Secrets](/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/)
@@ -134,28 +99,6 @@ for a secure solution.
         NAME                   READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
         mysql-63082529-2z3ki   1/1       Running   0          3m
 
-1. Inspect the Persistent Volume:
-
-       kubectl describe pv mysql-pv
-
-        Name:            mysql-pv
-        Labels:          <none>
-        Annotations:    pv.kubernetes.io/bound-by-controller=yes
-        StorageClass:
-        Status:          Bound
-        Claim:           default/mysql-pv-claim
-        Reclaim Policy:  Retain
-        Access Modes:    RWO
-        Capacity:        20Gi
-        Message:
-        Source:
-            Type:        GCEPersistentDisk (a Persistent Disk resource in Google Compute Engine)
-            PDName:      mysql-disk
-            FSType:      ext4
-            Partition:   0
-            ReadOnly:    false
-        Events:          <none>
-
 1. Inspect the PersistentVolumeClaim:
 
        kubectl describe pvc mysql-pv-claim
@@ -183,7 +126,7 @@ behind a Service and you don't intend to increase the number of Pods.
 Run a MySQL client to connect to the server:
 
 ```
-kubectl run -it --rm --image=mysql:5.6 mysql-client -- mysql -h <pod-ip> -p <password>
+kubectl run -it --rm --image=mysql:5.6 --restart=Never mysql-client -- mysql -h mysql -ppassword
 ```
 
 This command creates a new Pod in the cluster running a MySQL client
@@ -220,14 +163,14 @@ Delete the deployed objects by name:
 ```
 kubectl delete deployment,svc mysql
 kubectl delete pvc mysql-pv-claim
-kubectl delete pv mysql-pv
 ```
 
-Also, if you are using Compute Engine disks:
-
-```
-gcloud compute disks delete mysql-disk
-```
+If you manually provisioned a PersistentVolume, you also need to manually
+delete it, as well as release the underlying resource.
+If you used a dynamic provisioner, it automatically deletes the
+PersistentVolume when it sees that you deleted the PersistentVolumeClaim.
+Some dynamic provisioners (such as those for EBS and PD) also release the
+underlying resource upon deleting the PersistentVolume.
 
 {% endcapture %}
 
diff --git a/docs/tasks/run-application/run-stateless-application-deployment.md b/docs/tasks/run-application/run-stateless-application-deployment.md
index f865d95c9ec0f..70802fb092a9d 100644
--- a/docs/tasks/run-application/run-stateless-application-deployment.md
+++ b/docs/tasks/run-application/run-stateless-application-deployment.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ a Deployment that runs the nginx:1.7.9 Docker image:
 
 1. Create a Deployment based on the YAML file:
 
-       kubectl create -f https://k8s.io/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment.yaml
+       kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/docs/tasks/run-application/deployment.yaml
 
 1. Display information about the Deployment: