diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/policymutation.go b/pkg/webhooks/policymutation.go
index d7b5f6dda0..8e48f3d641 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/policymutation.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/policymutation.go
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	podControllers           = "DaemonSet,Deployment,Job,ReplicaSet,StatefulSet"
-	podControllersAnnotation = "policies.kyverno.io/podcontroller.list"
+	podControllers           = "DaemonSet,Deployment,Job,StatefulSet"
+	podControllersAnnotation = "policies.kyverno.io/autogen-controllers"
 )
 
 func (ws *WebhookServer) handlePolicyMutation(request *v1beta1.AdmissionRequest) *v1beta1.AdmissionResponse {
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func generateRuleForControllers(rule kyverno.Rule, controllers string) kyvernoRu
 	return kyvernoRule{}
 }
 
-// defaultPodControllerAnnotation generates annotation "policies.kyverno.io/podcontroller.list=all"
+// defaultPodControllerAnnotation generates annotation "policies.kyverno.io/autogen-controllers=all"
 // ann passes in the annotation of the policy
 func defaultPodControllerAnnotation(ann map[string]string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if ann == nil {
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func defaultPodControllerAnnotation(ann map[string]string) ([]byte, error) {
 		Op    string      `json:"op"`
 		Value interface{} `json:"value"`
 	}{
-		"/metadata/annotations/policies.kyverno.io~1podcontroller.list",
+		"/metadata/annotations/policies.kyverno.io~1autogen-controllers",
 		"add",
 		"all",
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/policymutation_test.go b/pkg/webhooks/policymutation_test.go
index c916d1d4e2..3ffca84d1c 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/policymutation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/policymutation_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestGeneratePodControllerRule_NilAnnotation(t *testing.T) {
 		"metadata": {
 		  "name": "add-safe-to-evict",
 		  "annotations": {
-			"policies.kyverno.io/podcontroller.list": "all"
+			"policies.kyverno.io/autogen-controllers": "all"
 		  }
 		}
 	  }`)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestGeneratePodControllerRule_PredefinedAnnotation(t *testing.T) {
 		"metadata": {
 		  "name": "add-safe-to-evict",
 		  "annotations": {
-			"policies.kyverno.io/podcontroller.list": "StatefulSet,Pod"
+			"policies.kyverno.io/autogen-controllers": "StatefulSet,Pod"
 		  }
 		}
 	  }`)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestGeneratePodControllerRule_ExistOtherAnnotation(t *testing.T) {
 		"metadata": {
 		  "name": "add-safe-to-evict",
 		  "annotations": {
-			"policies.kyverno.io/podcontroller.list": "all",
+			"policies.kyverno.io/autogen-controllers": "all",
 			"test": "annotation"
 		  }
 		}
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func TestGeneratePodControllerRule(t *testing.T) {
 		   "name": "add-safe-to-evict",
 		   "annotations": {
 			  "a": "b",
-			  "policies.kyverno.io/podcontroller.list": "all"
+			  "policies.kyverno.io/autogen-controllers": "all"
 		   }
 		},
 		"spec": {
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ func TestGeneratePodControllerRule(t *testing.T) {
 						  "DaemonSet",
 						  "Deployment",
 						  "Job",
-						  "ReplicaSet",
 						  "StatefulSet"
 					   ]
 					}
@@ -402,7 +401,6 @@ func TestGeneratePodControllerRule(t *testing.T) {
 						  "DaemonSet",
 						  "Deployment",
 						  "Job",
-						  "ReplicaSet",
 						  "StatefulSet"
 					   ]
 					}
@@ -438,7 +436,6 @@ func TestGeneratePodControllerRule(t *testing.T) {
 						  "DaemonSet",
 						  "Deployment",
 						  "Job",
-						  "ReplicaSet",
 						  "StatefulSet"
 					   ]
 					}
@@ -483,7 +480,6 @@ func TestGeneratePodControllerRule(t *testing.T) {
 						  "DaemonSet",
 						  "Deployment",
 						  "Job",
-						  "ReplicaSet",
 						  "StatefulSet"
 					   ]
 					}