diff --git a/bootstrap/kubeadm/api/v1beta1/kubeadm_types.go b/bootstrap/kubeadm/api/v1beta1/kubeadm_types.go
index 97b221af32cc..ec4406f9edd3 100644
--- a/bootstrap/kubeadm/api/v1beta1/kubeadm_types.go
+++ b/bootstrap/kubeadm/api/v1beta1/kubeadm_types.go
@@ -520,6 +520,9 @@ type Patches struct {
 	// The default "patchtype" is "strategic". "extension" must be either "json" or "yaml".
 	// "suffix" is an optional string that can be used to determine which patches are applied
 	// first alpha-numerically.
+	// These files can be written into the target directory via KubeadmConfig.Files which
+	// specifies additional files to be created on the machine, either with content inline or
+	// by referencing a secret.
 	// +optional
 	Directory string `json:"directory,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/bootstrap/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmconfigs.yaml b/bootstrap/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmconfigs.yaml
index 4cd75907ecb6..7d597f179e0e 100644
--- a/bootstrap/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmconfigs.yaml
+++ b/bootstrap/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmconfigs.yaml
@@ -2659,7 +2659,10 @@ spec:
                           by kubectl. The default "patchtype" is "strategic". "extension"
                           must be either "json" or "yaml". "suffix" is an optional
                           string that can be used to determine which patches are applied
-                          first alpha-numerically.
+                          first alpha-numerically. These files can be written into
+                          the target directory via KubeadmConfig.Files which specifies
+                          additional files to be created on the machine, either with
+                          content inline or by referencing a secret.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                 type: object
@@ -2859,7 +2862,10 @@ spec:
                           by kubectl. The default "patchtype" is "strategic". "extension"
                           must be either "json" or "yaml". "suffix" is an optional
                           string that can be used to determine which patches are applied
-                          first alpha-numerically.
+                          first alpha-numerically. These files can be written into
+                          the target directory via KubeadmConfig.Files which specifies
+                          additional files to be created on the machine, either with
+                          content inline or by referencing a secret.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                 type: object
diff --git a/bootstrap/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmconfigtemplates.yaml b/bootstrap/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmconfigtemplates.yaml
index 891d8320b990..731ade00ddaa 100644
--- a/bootstrap/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmconfigtemplates.yaml
+++ b/bootstrap/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmconfigtemplates.yaml
@@ -2691,6 +2691,10 @@ spec:
                                   "extension" must be either "json" or "yaml". "suffix"
                                   is an optional string that can be used to determine
                                   which patches are applied first alpha-numerically.
+                                  These files can be written into the target directory
+                                  via KubeadmConfig.Files which specifies additional
+                                  files to be created on the machine, either with
+                                  content inline or by referencing a secret.
                                 type: string
                             type: object
                         type: object
@@ -2905,6 +2909,10 @@ spec:
                                   "extension" must be either "json" or "yaml". "suffix"
                                   is an optional string that can be used to determine
                                   which patches are applied first alpha-numerically.
+                                  These files can be written into the target directory
+                                  via KubeadmConfig.Files which specifies additional
+                                  files to be created on the machine, either with
+                                  content inline or by referencing a secret.
                                 type: string
                             type: object
                         type: object
diff --git a/controlplane/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmcontrolplanes.yaml b/controlplane/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmcontrolplanes.yaml
index d8a624f5294a..8eedac711a0a 100644
--- a/controlplane/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmcontrolplanes.yaml
+++ b/controlplane/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmcontrolplanes.yaml
@@ -3128,6 +3128,10 @@ spec:
                               is "strategic". "extension" must be either "json" or
                               "yaml". "suffix" is an optional string that can be used
                               to determine which patches are applied first alpha-numerically.
+                              These files can be written into the target directory
+                              via KubeadmConfig.Files which specifies additional files
+                              to be created on the machine, either with content inline
+                              or by referencing a secret.
                             type: string
                         type: object
                     type: object
@@ -3336,6 +3340,10 @@ spec:
                               is "strategic". "extension" must be either "json" or
                               "yaml". "suffix" is an optional string that can be used
                               to determine which patches are applied first alpha-numerically.
+                              These files can be written into the target directory
+                              via KubeadmConfig.Files which specifies additional files
+                              to be created on the machine, either with content inline
+                              or by referencing a secret.
                             type: string
                         type: object
                     type: object
diff --git a/controlplane/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmcontrolplanetemplates.yaml b/controlplane/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmcontrolplanetemplates.yaml
index 4725d1dbb162..eba42e93d3ea 100644
--- a/controlplane/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmcontrolplanetemplates.yaml
+++ b/controlplane/kubeadm/config/crd/bases/controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io_kubeadmcontrolplanetemplates.yaml
@@ -1928,7 +1928,11 @@ spec:
                                       is "strategic". "extension" must be either "json"
                                       or "yaml". "suffix" is an optional string that
                                       can be used to determine which patches are applied
-                                      first alpha-numerically.
+                                      first alpha-numerically. These files can be
+                                      written into the target directory via KubeadmConfig.Files
+                                      which specifies additional files to be created
+                                      on the machine, either with content inline or
+                                      by referencing a secret.
                                     type: string
                                 type: object
                             type: object
@@ -2152,7 +2156,11 @@ spec:
                                       is "strategic". "extension" must be either "json"
                                       or "yaml". "suffix" is an optional string that
                                       can be used to determine which patches are applied
-                                      first alpha-numerically.
+                                      first alpha-numerically. These files can be
+                                      written into the target directory via KubeadmConfig.Files
+                                      which specifies additional files to be created
+                                      on the machine, either with content inline or
+                                      by referencing a secret.
                                     type: string
                                 type: object
                             type: object
diff --git a/docs/book/src/tasks/kubeadm-bootstrap.md b/docs/book/src/tasks/kubeadm-bootstrap.md
index 214143c90448..82f2f3b47b86 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/tasks/kubeadm-bootstrap.md
+++ b/docs/book/src/tasks/kubeadm-bootstrap.md
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ The cloud-init script will be saved into a secret `KubeadmConfig.Status.DataSecr
 The `KubeadmConfig` object allows full control of Kubeadm init/join operations by exposing raw `InitConfiguration`,
 `ClusterConfiguration` and `JoinConfiguration` objects.
 
+`InitConfiguration` and `JoinConfiguration` exposes `Patches` field which can be used to specify the patches from a directory,
+this support is available from K8s 1.22 version onwards.
+
 CABPK will fill in some values if they are left empty with sensible defaults:
 
 | `KubeadmConfig` field                           | Default                                                      |