diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index ade047d007..7294d99c8a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Merged from 4.0:
 Merged from 3.11:
  * Fix NPE when using udfContext in UDF after a restart of a node (CASSANDRA-18739)
 Merged from 3.0:
+ * Add cqlshrc.sample and credentials.sample into Debian package (CASSANDRA-18818)
  * Refactor validation logic in StorageService.rebuild (CASSANDRA-18803)
  * Make alternation of a user type validate the same way as creation of a user type does (CASSANDRA-18585)
  * Fix missing speculative retries in tablestats (CASSANDRA-18767)
diff --git a/debian/cassandra.install b/debian/cassandra.install
index abba6a7843..578fd93a61 100644
--- a/debian/cassandra.install
+++ b/debian/cassandra.install
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ conf/logback.xml etc/cassandra
 conf/logback-tools.xml etc/cassandra
 conf/jvm*.options etc/cassandra
 conf/hotspot_compiler etc/cassandra
+conf/cqlshrc.sample etc/cassandra
+conf/credentials.sample etc/cassandra
 conf/triggers/* etc/cassandra/triggers
 debian/cassandra.conf etc/security/limits.d
 debian/cassandra-sysctl.conf etc/sysctl.d