diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f5598d1691..0bf0969fd8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5811.	[bug]		Reimplement the maximum and idle timeouts for outgoing
+			zone tranfers. [GL #1897]
+
 5810.	[func]		New option '-J' for dnssec-signzone and dnssec-verify
 			allows loading journal files. [GL #2486]
 
diff --git a/doc/notes/notes-current.rst b/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
index bfe85f1f4d..075b68f5be 100644
--- a/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
+++ b/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
@@ -81,3 +81,8 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 - Client TCP connections are now closed immediately when data received
   cannot be parsed as a valid DNS request. :gl:`#3149`
+
+- The ``max-transfer-time-out`` and ``max-transfer-idle-out`` options were
+  not implemented when the BIND 9 networking stack was refactored in 9.16.
+  The missing functionality has been re-implemented and outgoing zone
+  transfers now time out properly when not progressing. :gl:`#1897`