diff --git a/docs/usage/customization-guide.md b/docs/usage/customization-guide.md
index a9dc3a700..6ca45bed5 100644
--- a/docs/usage/customization-guide.md
+++ b/docs/usage/customization-guide.md
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ The following features are available for matching:
 |                  |              | **`turbo`**  | bool   | 'true' if turbo frequencies are enabled, otherwise 'false'
 |                  |              | **`scaling`** | string | Active scaling_governor, possible values are 'powersave' or 'performance'.
 | **`cpu.rdt`**    | flag         |          |            | Intel RDT capabilities supported by the system
-|                  |              | **`<rdt-flag>`** |    | RDT capability is supported, see [RDT flags](features.md#intel-rdt-flags) for details
+|                  |              | **`<rdt-flag>`** |    | RDT capability is supported, see [RDT flags](#intel-rdt-flags) for details
 | **`cpu.security`** | attribute  |          |            | Features related to security and trusted execution environments
 |                  |              | **`sgx.enabled`** | bool | `true` if Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) has been enabled, otherwise does not exist
 |                  |              | **`se.enabled`** | bool  | `true` if IBM Secure Execution for Linux is available and has been enabled, otherwise does not exist
@@ -656,6 +656,17 @@ The following features are available for matching:
 | **`rule.matched`** | attribute  |          |            | Previously matched rules
 |                  |              | **`<label-or-var>`** | string | Label or var from a preceding rule that matched
 
+#### Intel RDT flags
+
+| Flag      | Description                                                      |
+| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| RDTMON    | Intel RDT Monitoring Technology
+| RDTCMT    | Intel Cache Monitoring (CMT)
+| RDTMBM    | Intel Memory Bandwidth Monitoring (MBM)
+| RDTL3CA   | Intel L3 Cache Allocation Technology
+| RDTl2CA   | Intel L2 Cache Allocation Technology
+| RDTMBA    | Intel Memory Bandwidth Allocation (MBA) Technology
+
 ### Templating
 
 Rules support template-based creation of labels and vars with the
diff --git a/docs/usage/features.md b/docs/usage/features.md
index 180e4899c..ed3e5b3df 100644
--- a/docs/usage/features.md
+++ b/docs/usage/features.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ option of nfd-worker.
 | **`cpu-pstate.turbo`**            | bool   | Set to 'true' if turbo frequencies are enabled in Intel pstate driver, set to 'false' if they have been disabled.
 | **`cpu-pstate.scaling_governor`** | string | The value of the Intel pstate scaling_governor when in use, either 'powersave' or 'performance'.
 | **`cpu-cstate.enabled`**          | bool   | Set to 'true' if cstates are set in the intel_idle driver, otherwise set to 'false'. Unset if intel_idle cpuidle driver is not active.
-| **`cpu-rdt.<rdt-flag>`**          | true   | [Intel RDT][intel-rdt] capability is supported. See [RDT flags](#intel-rdt-flags) for details.
+| **`cpu-rdt.<rdt-flag>`**          | true   | **DEPRECATED** [Intel RDT][intel-rdt] capability is supported. See [RDT flags](customization-guide.md#intel-rdt-flags) for details.
 | **`cpu-security.sgx.enabled`**    | true   | Set to 'true' if Intel SGX is enabled in BIOS (based a non-zero sum value of SGX EPC section sizes).
 | **`cpu-security.se.enabled`**     | true   | Set to 'true' if IBM Secure Execution for Linux (IBM Z & LinuxONE) is available and enabled (requires `/sys/firmware/uv/prot_virt_host` facility)
 | **`cpu-security.tdx.enabled`**    | true   | Set to 'true' if Intel TDX is available on the host and has been enabled (requires `/sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/tdx`).
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ option of nfd-worker.
 | **`cpu-model.family`**            | int    | CPU family.
 | **`cpu-model.id`**                | int    | CPU model number.
 
+> NOTE: the `cpu-rdt.<rdt-flag>` labels are deprecated and will be removed in a
+> future release. They will remain to be available as features
+> for [NodeFeatureRule](custom-resources.md#nodefeaturerule) to consume.
+> See [customization guide](customization-guide.md#nodefeaturerule-custom-resource)
+> for details how to use NodeFeatureRule objects to create labels.
+
 The CPU label source is configurable, see
 [worker configuration](nfd-worker.md#worker-configuration) and
 [`sources.cpu`](../reference/worker-configuration-reference.md#sourcescpu)
@@ -154,17 +160,6 @@ See the full list in [github.com/klauspost/cpuid][klauspost-cpuid].
 | JSCVT     | Perform Conversion to Match Javascript
 | DCPOP     | Persistent Memory Support
 
-#### Intel RDT flags
-
-| Flag      | Description                                                      |
-| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| RDTMON    | Intel RDT Monitoring Technology
-| RDTCMT    | Intel Cache Monitoring (CMT)
-| RDTMBM    | Intel Memory Bandwidth Monitoring (MBM)
-| RDTL3CA   | Intel L3 Cache Allocation Technology
-| RDTl2CA   | Intel L2 Cache Allocation Technology
-| RDTMBA    | Intel Memory Bandwidth Allocation (MBA) Technology
-
 ### Kernel
 
 | Feature | Value  | Description