diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/client-embed-certs-322701471e4d6e1d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/client-embed-certs-322701471e4d6e1d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..230018fd8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/client-embed-certs-322701471e4d6e1d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Embed certificates in kubernetes config file when issuing 'cluster config',
+    instead of generating additional files with the certificates. This is now
+    the default behavior. To get the old behavior and still generate cert
+    files, pass --output-certs.