diff --git a/certbot.wrapper b/certbot.wrapper
index f7db16447..83576e47c 100755
--- a/certbot.wrapper
+++ b/certbot.wrapper
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ export CERTBOT_AUGEAS_PATH="${SNAP}/usr/lib/${ARCH_TRIPLET}/libaugeas.so.0"
 CERTBOT_PLUGIN_PATH="$(curl -s --unix-socket /run/snapd.socket "http://localhost/v2/connections?snap=certbot&interface=content" | jq -r  '.result.established | map(select(.plug.plug == "plugin" and ."plug-attrs".content == "certbot-1") | "/snap/"+.slot.snap+"/current/lib/python3.8/site-packages/" ) | join(":")')"
 export CERTBOT_PLUGIN_PATH
 
-exec certbot "$@"
+exec certbot "$@" --preconfigured-renewal
diff --git a/certbot/CHANGELOG.md b/certbot/CHANGELOG.md
index bfeaf327a..a0c8c5818 100644
--- a/certbot/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/certbot/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Certbot adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ### Added
 
-*
+* `--preconfigured-renewal` flag, for packager use only.
+  See the [packaging guide](https://certbot.eff.org/docs/packaging.html).
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/certbot/certbot/_internal/cli/__init__.py b/certbot/certbot/_internal/cli/__init__.py
index 45165054d..e4909840e 100644
--- a/certbot/certbot/_internal/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/certbot/certbot/_internal/cli/__init__.py
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ def prepare_and_parse_args(plugins, args, detect_defaults=False):
              "be kept by Certbot's built in log rotation. Setting this "
              "flag to 0 disables log rotation entirely, causing "
              "Certbot to always append to the same log file.")
+    helpful.add(
+        None, "--preconfigured-renewal", dest="preconfigured_renewal",
+        action="store_true", default=flag_default("preconfigured_renewal"),
+        help=argparse.SUPPRESS
+    )
     helpful.add(
         [None, "automation", "run", "certonly", "enhance"],
         "-n", "--non-interactive", "--noninteractive",
diff --git a/certbot/certbot/_internal/constants.py b/certbot/certbot/_internal/constants.py
index 68134ef42..3131bad06 100644
--- a/certbot/certbot/_internal/constants.py
+++ b/certbot/certbot/_internal/constants.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ CLI_DEFAULTS = dict(
     verbose_count=-int(logging.INFO / 10),
     text_mode=False,
     max_log_backups=1000,
+    preconfigured_renewal=False,
     noninteractive_mode=False,
     force_interactive=False,
     domains=[],
diff --git a/certbot/docs/packaging.rst b/certbot/docs/packaging.rst
index a8fbeaa59..4bc63ac0d 100644
--- a/certbot/docs/packaging.rst
+++ b/certbot/docs/packaging.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ Notes for package maintainers
 
 2. To run tests on our packages, you should use pytest by running the command ``python -m pytest``. Running ``pytest`` directly may not work because PYTHONPATH is not handled the same way and local modules may not be found by the test runner.
 
-3. If you'd like to include automated renewal in your package ``certbot renew -q`` should be added to crontab or systemd timer. Additionally you should include a random per-machine time offset to avoid having a large number of your clients hit Let's Encrypt's servers simultaneously.
+3. If you'd like to include automated renewal in your package:
+
+  - ``certbot renew -q`` should be added to crontab or systemd timer.
+  - A random per-machine time offset should be included to avoid having a large number of your clients hit Let's Encrypt's servers simultaneously.
+  - ``--preconfigured-renewal`` should be included on the CLI or in ``cli.ini`` for all invocations of Certbot, so that it can adjust its interactive output regarding automated renewal (Certbot >= 1.9.0).
 
 4. ``jws`` is an internal script for ``acme`` module and it doesn't have to be packaged - it's mostly for debugging: you can use it as ``echo foo | jws sign | jws verify``.