diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3fca82f27d..4a14de2d7e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ keystone/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo
 *.db
 # Files created by releasenotes build
 releasenotes/build
+RELEASENOTES.rst
+releasenotes/notes/reno.cache
 # sample config included in docs
 doc/source/_static/keystone.conf.sample
 etc/keystone.conf.sample
diff --git a/reno.yaml b/reno.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd0aac790b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reno.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+# Ignore the kilo-eol tag because that branch does not work with reno
+# and contains no release notes.
+closed_branch_tag_re: "(.+)(?<!kilo)-eol"