diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8eb90d31a3..06ab7cab1a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ Release date: TBA
 
   Closes #4668
 
+* No longer emit ``consider-using-with`` for ``ThreadPoolExecutor`` and ``ProcessPoolExecutor``
+  as they have legitimate use cases without a ``with`` block.
+
+  Closes #4689
+
 
 What's New in Pylint 2.9.3?
 ===========================
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2.9.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2.9.rst
index e3af4322b6..669b9c8bc7 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2.9.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2.9.rst
@@ -99,3 +99,6 @@ Other Changes
   functions/methods.
 
 * Added various deprecated functions/methods for python 3.10, 3.7, 3.6 and 3.3
+
+* No longer emit ``consider-using-with`` for ``ThreadPoolExecutor`` and ``ProcessPoolExecutor``
+  as they have legitimate use cases without a ``with`` block.