diff --git a/releasenotes-dca/notes/add-reason-tags-to-ksm-26b5404f117c96e5.yaml b/releasenotes-dca/notes/add-reason-tags-to-ksm-26b5404f117c96e5.yaml
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+# Each section from every release note are combined when the
+# CHANGELOG.rst is rendered. So the text needs to be worded so that
+# it does not depend on any information only available in another
+# section. This may mean repeating some details, but each section
+# must be readable independently of the other.
+#
+# Each section note must be formatted as reStructuredText.
+---
+enhancements:
+  - |
+    Add ``reason:deadlineexceeded`` and ``reason:backofflimitexceeded``
+    to ``kubernetes_state.container.status_report.count.terminated``.
+    Add ``reason`` tags to ``kubernetes_state.job.*``.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-reason-tags-to-kubelet-metrics-c3c8800ae018992b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-reason-tags-to-kubelet-metrics-c3c8800ae018992b.yaml
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+# Each section from every release note are combined when the
+# CHANGELOG.rst is rendered. So the text needs to be worded so that
+# it does not depend on any information only available in another
+# section. This may mean repeating some details, but each section
+# must be readable independently of the other.
+#
+# Each section note must be formatted as reStructuredText.
+---
+enhancements:
+  - |
+    Add ``reason:deadlineexceeded`` and ``reason:backofflimitexceeded`` to
+    ``kubernetes.containers.{state,last_status}.{terminated,waiting}``.