diff --git a/packages/components/src/base-control/stories/index.js b/packages/components/src/base-control/stories/index.js
index 4055b7babe1e98..53b09aba82507d 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/base-control/stories/index.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/base-control/stories/index.js
@@ -1,38 +1,81 @@
-/**
- * External dependencies
- */
-import { boolean, text } from '@storybook/addon-knobs';
-
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import BaseControl from '../';
+import Button from '../../button';
+import { Spacer } from '../../spacer';
 import TextareaControl from '../../textarea-control';
 
 export default {
 	title: 'Components/BaseControl',
 	component: BaseControl,
-	parameters: {
-		knobs: { disable: false },
-	},
+	subcomponents: { BaseControl: BaseControl.VisualLabel },
 };
 
-export const _default = () => {
-	const id = text( 'Id', 'textarea-1' );
-	const label = text( 'Label', 'Label text' );
-	const hideLabelFromVision = boolean( 'Hide label from vision', false );
-	const help = text( 'Help', 'Help text' );
-	const className = text( 'ClassName', '' );
-
+const BaseControlWithTextarea = ( { id, ...props } ) => {
 	return (
-		<BaseControl
-			id={ id }
-			label={ label }
-			help={ help }
-			hideLabelFromVision={ hideLabelFromVision }
-			className={ className }
-		>
+		<BaseControl id={ id } { ...props }>
 			<TextareaControl id={ id } />
 		</BaseControl>
 	);
 };
+
+export const Default = BaseControlWithTextarea.bind( {} );
+Default.args = {
+	id: 'textarea-1',
+	label: '',
+	hideLabelFromVision: false,
+	help: '',
+};
+
+export const WithLabel = BaseControlWithTextarea.bind( {} );
+WithLabel.args = {
+	...Default.args,
+	label: 'Label text',
+};
+
+export const WithHelpText = BaseControlWithTextarea.bind( {} );
+WithHelpText.args = {
+	...WithLabel.args,
+	help: 'Help text adds more explanation.',
+};
+
+export const WithVisualLabel = ( { visualLabelChildren, ...props } ) => {
+	return (
+		<>
+			<BaseControl { ...props }>
+				<div>
+					<BaseControl.VisualLabel>
+						{ visualLabelChildren }
+					</BaseControl.VisualLabel>
+				</div>
+				<Button variant="secondary">Select an author</Button>
+			</BaseControl>
+			<Spacer marginTop={ 12 }>
+				<p>
+					<code>BaseControl.VisualLabel</code> is used to render a
+					purely visual label inside a <code>BaseControl</code>{ ' ' }
+					component.
+				</p>
+				<p>
+					It should <strong>only</strong> be used in cases where the
+					children being rendered inside BaseControl are already
+					accessibly labeled, e.g., a button, but we want an
+					additional visual label for that section equivalent to the
+					labels BaseControl would otherwise use if the{ ' ' }
+					<code>label</code> prop was passed.
+				</p>
+			</Spacer>
+		</>
+	);
+};
+WithVisualLabel.args = {
+	...Default.args,
+	help: 'This button is already accessibly labeled.',
+	visualLabelChildren: 'Author',
+};
+WithVisualLabel.argTypes = {
+	visualLabelChildren: {
+		name: 'VisualLabel children',
+	},
+};