diff --git a/aip/general/0128.md b/aip/general/0128.md
index 14baa48724..08cec99883 100644
--- a/aip/general/0128.md
+++ b/aip/general/0128.md
@@ -75,14 +75,13 @@ is a comprehensive reference to declarative-friendly guidance in other AIPs:
 - Resources **should** provide change validation: see AIP-163.
 - Resources **should not** implement soft-delete. If the id cannot be re-used,
   the resource **must** implement soft-delete and the undelete RPC: see AIP-164
-
-
-### Annotations
-
-See [AIP-148 annotations][].
+- Resources **must** include a
+`map<string, string> annotations` field to allow clients to store small amounts
+of arbitrary data: see AIP-148
 
 ## Changelog
 
+- **2024-01-29**: Clarify usage of `annotations`.
 - **2023-07-13**: Move `annotations` from AIP-148.
 - **2023-06-17**: Definition of plane was removed and incorporated into AIP-111.
 - **2023-05-11**: Removed must on resource_id, which was upstreamed to a general
diff --git a/aip/general/0148.md b/aip/general/0148.md
index e75599e831..633420960c 100644
--- a/aip/general/0148.md
+++ b/aip/general/0148.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ field **may** be added.
 
 The `annotations` field **must** use the [Kubernetes limits][] to maintain wire
 compatibility, and **should** require dot-namespaced annotation keys to prevent
-tools from trampling over one another.
+tools from trampling over one another. [Declarative-friendly resources][] **must** include this field.
 
 Examples of information that might be valuable to store in annotations include:
 
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ Before 2023-07, `purge_time` for soft-deleted resources was also called
 
 ## Changelog
 
+- **2024-01-29**: Clarify usage of `annotations` in `Declarative-friendly resources`.
 - **2023-10-05**: Introduce well known string fields with IP Address and `uid`.
 - **2023-08-14**: Introduce the term `annotations` from AIP-128.
 - **2023-07-13**: Introduce the term `purge_time`.
@@ -185,4 +186,4 @@ Before 2023-07, `purge_time` for soft-deleted resources was also called
 [aip-202]: ./0202.md
 [declarative-friendly resources]: ./0128.md#resources
 [kubernetes limits]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/annotations/#syntax-and-character-set
-[uuid4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Version_4_(random)
\ No newline at end of file
+[uuid4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Version_4_(random)