diff --git a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
index c0a38fac2..42dcb6fc0 100644
--- a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -966,13 +966,9 @@ def do_endpoints(cs, args):
 
 def do_credentials(cs, args):
     """Shows user credentials returned from auth."""
-    catalog = cs.client.service_catalog.catalog
-
-    # formatters defines field to be converted from unicode to string
-    utils.print_dict(catalog['user'], "User Credentials",
-                     formatters=['domain', 'roles'])
-    utils.print_dict(catalog['token'], "Token",
-                     formatters=['audit_ids', 'tenant'])
+    warnings.warn(
+        "``cinder credentials`` is deprecated, use ``openstack token issue`` "
+        "indead.")
 
 
 @utils.arg('tenant',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-credentials-e92b68e3bda80057.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-credentials-e92b68e3bda80057.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78a2b6ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-credentials-e92b68e3bda80057.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+other:
+  - The cinder credentials command has not worked for several releases. The
+    preferred alternative is to us the openstack token issue command, therefore
+    the cinder credentials command has been removed.