diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh b/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
index e787aae35b..ef93c4e061 100755
--- a/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ cp -a "${DIFFROOT}"/* "${TMP_DIFFROOT}/"
 "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/update-generated-swagger-docs.sh"
 echo "diffing ${DIFFROOT} against freshly generated swagger type documentation"
 ret=0
-diff -Naupr -I 'Auto generated by' "${DIFFROOT}" "${TMP_DIFFROOT}" || ret=$?
+diff --exclude=".import-restrictions" -Naupr -I 'Auto generated by' "${DIFFROOT}" "${TMP_DIFFROOT}" || ret=$?
 cp -a "${TMP_DIFFROOT}"/* "${DIFFROOT}/"
 if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]
 then
diff --git a/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go b/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go
index 569d409d69..0f7c1f686b 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/service/service_controller.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const (
 
 	// LabelNodeRoleExcludeBalancer specifies that the node should be
 	// exclude from load balancers created by a cloud provider.
-	LabelNodeRoleExcludeBalancer = "node.role.kubernetes.io/exclude-balancer"
+	LabelNodeRoleExcludeBalancer = "alpha.node.role.kubernetes.io/exclude-balancer"
 )
 
 type cachedService struct {