diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/BUILD
index f9eed0bb11..7113ef4c52 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/BUILD
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/options:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/workflow:go_default_library",
-        "//cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/constants:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplanejoin.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplanejoin.go
index 3c10dc78f6..56d4924f8c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplanejoin.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplanejoin.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/options"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/workflow"
-	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/util"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 	etcdphase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/etcd"
 	markcontrolplanephase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/markcontrolplane"
@@ -30,21 +29,21 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
 )
 
-var (
-	controlPlaneJoinExample = normalizer.Examples(`
-		# Joins a machine as a control plane instance
-		kubeadm join phase control-plane-join all
-		`)
-)
+var controlPlaneJoinExample = normalizer.Examples(`
+	# Joins a machine as a control plane instance
+	kubeadm join phase control-plane-join all
+`)
 
-func getControlPlaneJoinPhaseFlags() []string {
-	return []string{
-		options.APIServerAdvertiseAddress,
-		options.APIServerBindPort,
+func getControlPlaneJoinPhaseFlags(name string) []string {
+	flags := []string{
 		options.CfgPath,
 		options.ControlPlane,
 		options.NodeName,
 	}
+	if name != "mark-control-plane" {
+		flags = append(flags, options.APIServerAdvertiseAddress)
+	}
+	return flags
 }
 
 // NewControlPlaneJoinPhase creates a kubeadm workflow phase that implements joining a machine as a control plane instance
@@ -52,13 +51,12 @@ func NewControlPlaneJoinPhase() workflow.Phase {
 	return workflow.Phase{
 		Name:    "control-plane-join",
 		Short:   "Joins a machine as a control plane instance",
-		Long:    cmdutil.MacroCommandLongDescription,
 		Example: controlPlaneJoinExample,
 		Phases: []workflow.Phase{
 			{
 				Name:           "all",
 				Short:          "Joins a machine as a control plane instance",
-				InheritFlags:   getControlPlaneJoinPhaseFlags(),
+				InheritFlags:   getControlPlaneJoinPhaseFlags("all"),
 				RunAllSiblings: true,
 			},
 			newEtcdLocalSubphase(),
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ func newEtcdLocalSubphase() workflow.Phase {
 		Name:         "etcd",
 		Short:        "Add a new local etcd member",
 		Run:          runEtcdPhase,
-		InheritFlags: getControlPlaneJoinPhaseFlags(),
+		InheritFlags: getControlPlaneJoinPhaseFlags("etcd"),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ func newUpdateStatusSubphase() workflow.Phase {
 			kubeadmconstants.KubeadmConfigConfigMap,
 		),
 		Run:          runUpdateStatusPhase,
-		InheritFlags: getControlPlaneJoinPhaseFlags(),
+		InheritFlags: getControlPlaneJoinPhaseFlags("update-status"),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -95,7 +93,7 @@ func newMarkControlPlaneSubphase() workflow.Phase {
 		Name:         "mark-control-plane",
 		Short:        "Mark a node as a control-plane",
 		Run:          runMarkControlPlanePhase,
-		InheritFlags: getControlPlaneJoinPhaseFlags(),
+		InheritFlags: getControlPlaneJoinPhaseFlags("mark-control-plane"),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplaneprepare.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplaneprepare.go
index 17f3e7a1b0..80dbfaddc2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplaneprepare.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/join/controlplaneprepare.go
@@ -31,13 +31,20 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/copycerts"
 	kubeconfigphase "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/kubeconfig"
 	kubeconfigutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/kubeconfig"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/normalizer"
 )
 
+var controlPlanePrepareExample = normalizer.Examples(`
+	# Prepares the machine for serving a control plane
+	kubeadm join phase control-plane-prepare all
+`)
+
 // NewControlPlanePreparePhase creates a kubeadm workflow phase that implements the preparation of the node to serve a control plane
 func NewControlPlanePreparePhase() workflow.Phase {
 	return workflow.Phase{
-		Name:  "control-plane-prepare",
-		Short: "Prepares the machine for serving a control plane.",
+		Name:    "control-plane-prepare",
+		Short:   "Prepares the machine for serving a control plane.",
+		Example: controlPlanePrepareExample,
 		Phases: []workflow.Phase{
 			{
 				Name:           "all [api-server-endpoint]",
@@ -48,33 +55,75 @@ func NewControlPlanePreparePhase() workflow.Phase {
 			newControlPlanePrepareDownloadCertsSubphase(),
 			newControlPlanePrepareCertsSubphase(),
 			newControlPlanePrepareKubeconfigSubphase(),
-			newControlPlanePrepareManifestsSubphases(),
+			newControlPlanePrepareControlPlaneSubphase(),
 		},
 	}
 }
 
 func getControlPlanePreparePhaseFlags(name string) []string {
-	flags := []string{
-		options.APIServerAdvertiseAddress,
-		options.APIServerBindPort,
-		options.CfgPath,
-		options.ControlPlane,
-		options.NodeName,
-	}
-	if name != "manifests" {
-		flags = append(flags,
+	var flags []string
+	switch name {
+	case "all":
+		flags = []string{
+			options.APIServerAdvertiseAddress,
+			options.APIServerBindPort,
+			options.CfgPath,
+			options.ControlPlane,
+			options.NodeName,
 			options.FileDiscovery,
 			options.TokenDiscovery,
 			options.TokenDiscoveryCAHash,
 			options.TokenDiscoverySkipCAHash,
 			options.TLSBootstrapToken,
 			options.TokenStr,
-		)
-	}
-	if name == "all" || name == "download-certs" {
-		flags = append(flags,
 			options.CertificateKey,
-		)
+		}
+	case "download-certs":
+		flags = []string{
+			options.CfgPath,
+			options.ControlPlane,
+			options.FileDiscovery,
+			options.TokenDiscovery,
+			options.TokenDiscoveryCAHash,
+			options.TokenDiscoverySkipCAHash,
+			options.TLSBootstrapToken,
+			options.TokenStr,
+			options.CertificateKey,
+		}
+	case "certs":
+		flags = []string{
+			options.APIServerAdvertiseAddress,
+			options.CfgPath,
+			options.ControlPlane,
+			options.NodeName,
+			options.FileDiscovery,
+			options.TokenDiscovery,
+			options.TokenDiscoveryCAHash,
+			options.TokenDiscoverySkipCAHash,
+			options.TLSBootstrapToken,
+			options.TokenStr,
+		}
+	case "kubeconfig":
+		flags = []string{
+			options.CfgPath,
+			options.ControlPlane,
+			options.FileDiscovery,
+			options.TokenDiscovery,
+			options.TokenDiscoveryCAHash,
+			options.TokenDiscoverySkipCAHash,
+			options.TLSBootstrapToken,
+			options.TokenStr,
+			options.CertificateKey,
+		}
+	case "control-plane":
+		flags = []string{
+			options.APIServerAdvertiseAddress,
+			options.APIServerBindPort,
+			options.CfgPath,
+			options.ControlPlane,
+		}
+	default:
+		flags = []string{}
 	}
 	return flags
 }
@@ -106,16 +155,16 @@ func newControlPlanePrepareKubeconfigSubphase() workflow.Phase {
 	}
 }
 
-func newControlPlanePrepareManifestsSubphases() workflow.Phase {
+func newControlPlanePrepareControlPlaneSubphase() workflow.Phase {
 	return workflow.Phase{
 		Name:         "control-plane",
 		Short:        "Generates the manifests for the new control plane components",
-		Run:          runControlPlanePrepareManifestsSubphase, //NB. eventually in future we would like to break down this in sub phases for each component
-		InheritFlags: getControlPlanePreparePhaseFlags("manifests"),
+		Run:          runControlPlanePrepareControlPlaneSubphase, //NB. eventually in future we would like to break down this in sub phases for each component
+		InheritFlags: getControlPlanePreparePhaseFlags("control-plane"),
 	}
 }
 
-func runControlPlanePrepareManifestsSubphase(c workflow.RunData) error {
+func runControlPlanePrepareControlPlaneSubphase(c workflow.RunData) error {
 	data, ok := c.(JoinData)
 	if !ok {
 		return errors.New("control-plane-prepare phase invoked with an invalid data struct")