- kubeadm: if an unknown command name is passed to any parent command such as 'kubeadm init phase' return an error. If 'kubeadm init phase' or another command that has subcommands is called without subcommand name, print the available commands and also return an error. ([#127096](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127096), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

  that provide new subcommands. Refer to the documentation for more information.

- `kubectl rollout` and `rollback` now support StatefulSet.

- `kubectl scale` now uses the Scale subresource for kinds in the apps/v1beta2 group.

- `kubectl create configmap` and `kubectl create secret` subcommands now support

- Changed `kubectl help` to display basic details for subcommands from plugins. ([#116752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116752), [@xvzf](https://github.com/xvzf))

- Added a `--show-swap` option to `kubectl top` subcommands ([#129458](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129458), [@iholder101](https://github.com/iholder101)) [SIG CLI]

- Enable external plugins can be used as subcommands for kubectl create command if subcommand does not exist as builtin only when KUBECTL_ENABLE_CMD_SHADOW environment variable is exported. ([#116293](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116293), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))

- Upgraded the `kubectl autoscale` subcommand to use `autoscaling/v2` rather than `autoscaling/v1` APIs. 
The command now attempts to use the `autoscaling/v2` API first. If the `autoscaling/v2` API is 

- Enabled kubectl to find `kubectl-create-subcommand` plugins when positional
  arguments exists, e.g. `kubectl create subcommand arg`. ([#124123](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124123), [@sttts](https://github.com/sttts))

- Correct a reference to a not/no longer used kustomize subcommand in the documentation ([#82535](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82535), [@demobox](https://github.com/demobox))

- Kubeadm: allow RSA and ECDSA format keys in preflight check ([#112508](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112508), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]
- Kubeadm: when a subcommand is needed but not provided for a kubeadm command, print a help screen instead of showing a short message. ([#111277](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/111277), [@chymy](https://github.com/chymy)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]