diff --git a/releasing/README.md b/releasing/README.md
index 4effe6152..2fcd80626 100644
--- a/releasing/README.md
+++ b/releasing/README.md
@@ -110,10 +110,53 @@ infrequently).
 Executables appear on the [release page].
 The tag appears in the URL, e.g. [pluginator/v1.0.0].
 
+## Releasing Program
+
+The Go program used to release modules is in `releasing/releasing` directory. 
+
+### List current module versions
+
+```bash
+(cd releasing/releasing; go run . list)
+```
+
+This command will print the latest versions of supported modules.
+Example output:
+
+```
+kyaml/v0.3.0
+api/v0.4.1
+kstatus/v0.0.2
+cmd/config/v0.3.0
+cmd/resource/v0.0.2
+cmd/kubectl/v0.1.0
+pluginator/v2.1.0
+kustomize/v3.6.1
+```
+
+### Releasing a module
+
+To release a module, you need to make sure that:
+
+ - The codes in the module are ready to release, i.e. pass all tests and
+ release check. This program will not do any code verification.
+
+Command:
+
+```bash
+(cd releasing/releasing; go run . release {moduleName} {versionField})
+```
+
+The command only accepts 3 version types: major, minor or patch.
+The specified version will be increased by 1 and inferior version(s) will be reset to 0.
+
+By default the `release` command will not create release in the remote
+unless you add a `--no-dry-run` flag. You can check the output of the dry-run command to ensure the behavior is expected.
+
 ## Release procedure
 
-The script used to release modules is in progress. Check it in 
-`releasing/releasing` directory.
+The previous release program does most of the following steps create a
+release.
 
 At any given moment, the repository's master branch is
 passing all its tests and contains code one could release.
diff --git a/releasing/VERSIONS b/releasing/VERSIONS
deleted file mode 100644
index 641a5c11f..000000000
--- a/releasing/VERSIONS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# VERSIONS contains the release versions of each kustomize go module
-# update this file and run releasemodule.sh to cut a new release
-
-# kyaml version
-export kyaml_major=0
-export kyaml_minor=3
-export kyaml_patch=0
-
-# kstatus version
-export kstatus_major=0
-export kstatus_minor=0
-export kstatus_patch=1
-
-# kustomize api version
-export api_major=0
-export api_minor=4
-export api_patch=0
-
-# cmd/config version
-export cmd_config_major=0
-export cmd_config_minor=3
-export cmd_config_patch=0
-
-# kustomize version
-export kustomize_major=3
-export kustomize_minor=5
-export kustomize_patch=4
-
-export pluginator_major=2
-export pluginator_minor=1
-export pluginator_patch=0
diff --git a/releasing/releasemodule.sh b/releasing/releasemodule.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7b47230e3..000000000
--- a/releasing/releasemodule.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-# run this script with releasing/releasemodule.sh MODULE
-#   -- e.g. releasing/releasemodule.sh cmd/config
-# to skip fetch from upstream, run with FETCH=false
-#   -- e.g. FETCH=false releasing/releasemodule.sh kyaml
-set -e
-
-# perform release for a module
-function releaseModule {
-  # calculate the branch and tag names
-  module=$1
-  slash="/"
-  module_name=${module/$slash/_}
-  name="${module_name}_major"
-  major="${!name}"
-  name="${module_name}_minor"
-  minor="${!name}"
-  name="${module_name}_patch"
-  patch="${!name}"
-  branch="release-${module}-v${major}.${minor}"
-  tag="${module}/v${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
-
-  # create a temporary workspace for our work
-  wktree=$(mktemp -d /tmp/kustomize-releases-XXXXXX)
-  git branch $branch upstream/$branch
-  git worktree add $wktree $branch # create a separate worktree for the branch
-  pushd .
-  cd $wktree/$module # cd into the worktree/module
-
-  # merge master changes into the release branch
-  git merge upstream/master
-
-  echo "dir:    $wktree"
-  echo "module: $module v$major.$minor.$patch"
-  echo "branch: $branch"
-  echo "tag:    $tag"
-
-  # clean up replaces in go.mod as needed
-  FILE=fixgomod.sh
-  if test -f "$FILE"; then
-    ./fixgomod.sh
-
-    go mod tidy
-    go test ./...
-    go mod tidy
-    git add .
-    git commit -m "update go.mod for release" || echo "no changes made to go.mod"
-  fi
-
-  go test ./...
-  if [ "$NO_DRY_RUN" == "true" ]; then
-     git push upstream $branch
-     git tag -a $tag -m "Release $tag on branch $branch"
-     git push upstream $tag
-  else
-    printf "\nSkipping push module $module -- run with NO_DRY_RUN=true to push the release.\n\n"
-  fi
-
-  # cleanup release artifacts
-  popd
-  rm -rf $wktree
-  git worktree prune
-  git branch -D $branch
-
-  echo "$module complete"
-}
-
-modules="kyaml api kstatus cmd/config cmd/resource cmd/kubectl pluginator kustomize"
-
-# configure the branch and tag names
-module="${1?must provide the module to release as an argument: supported modules [$modules]}"
-
-# verify the module
-found=false
-for m in $modules; do
-  if [ "$m" == "$module" ]; then
-    found=true
-  fi
-done
-if [ "$found" != "true" ]; then
-  echo "unknown module \"$module\", must be one of: [$modules]"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# get the release versions
-source releasing/VERSIONS
-
-FETCH=${FETCH:-"true"}
-NO_DRY_RUN=${NO_DRY_RUN:-"false"}
-
-# get the most recent changes
-if [ "$FETCH" == "true" ]; then
-  git fetch upstream
-fi
-
-# release the module
-releaseModule $module
-
-if [ "$module" == "kustomize" ]; then
-  # TODO: Do this for all modules
-  pushd .
-  getter=$(mktemp -d /tmp/kustomize-releases-XXXXXX)
-  cd $getter
-  go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/$module/v3
-  popd
-fi