diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/kustomization.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/kustomization.md
index a41bab6736..27f3762988 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/kustomization.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/kustomization.md
@@ -86,6 +86,43 @@ metadata:
   name: example-configmap-1-8mbdf7882g
 ```
 
+To generate a ConfigMap from an env file, add an entry to the `envs` list in `configMapGenerator`. Here is an example of generating a ConfigMap with a data item from a `.env` file:
+
+```shell
+# Create a .env file
+cat <<EOF >.env
+FOO=Bar
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF >./kustomization.yaml
+configMapGenerator:
+- name: example-configmap-1
+  envs:
+  - .env
+EOF
+```
+
+The generated ConfigMap can be examined with the following command:
+
+```shell
+kubectl kustomize ./
+```
+
+The generated ConfigMap is:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+data:
+    FOO=Bar
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: example-configmap-1-8mbdf7882g
+```
+
+{{< note >}}
+Each variable in the `.env` file becomes a separate key in the ConfigMap that you generate. This is different from the previous example which embeds a file named `.properties` (and all its entries) as the value for a single key.
+{{< /note >}}
+
 ConfigMaps can also be generated from literal key-value pairs. To generate a ConfigMap from a literal key-value pair, add an entry to the `literals` list in configMapGenerator. Here is an example of generating a ConfigMap with a data item from a key-value pair:
 
 ```shell
@@ -975,4 +1012,3 @@ deployment.apps "dev-my-nginx" deleted
 * [Kubectl Command Reference](/docs/reference/generated/kubectl/kubectl-commands/)
 * [Kubernetes API Reference](/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/{{< param "version" >}}/)
 
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