Clarify in docs that deletion does not revoke (#9348)

* Clarify in docs that deletion does not revoke

* Add myself to AUTHORS.md

* Move new paragraph below first note and change its wording

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
index 95e63459b..64f60a278 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.md
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ Authors
 * [Pierre Jaury](https://github.com/kaiyou)
 * [Piotr Kasprzyk](https://github.com/kwadrat)
 * [Prayag Verma](https://github.com/pra85)
+* [Preston Locke](https://github.com/Preston12321)
 * [Rasesh Patel](https://github.com/raspat1)
 * [Reinaldo de Souza Jr](https://github.com/juniorz)
 * [Remi Rampin](https://github.com/remram44)
diff --git a/certbot/docs/using.rst b/certbot/docs/using.rst
index c4f55bc02..38aaf4ff4 100644
--- a/certbot/docs/using.rst
+++ b/certbot/docs/using.rst
@@ -558,6 +558,11 @@ If you need to delete a certificate, use the ``delete`` subcommand.
 .. note:: Read this and the `Safely deleting certificates`_ sections carefully. This is an irreversible operation and must
           be done with care.
 
+Certbot does not automatically revoke a certificate before deleting it. If you're no longer using a certificate and don't
+plan to use it anywhere else, you may want to follow the instructions in `Revoking certificates`_ instead. Generally, there's
+no need to revoke a certificate if its private key has not been compromised, but you may still receive expiration emails
+from Let's Encrypt unless you revoke.
+
 .. note:: Do not manually delete certificate files from inside ``/etc/letsencrypt/``. Always use the ``delete`` subcommand.
 
 A certificate may be deleted by providing its name with ``--cert-name``. \