diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7c6bfed958..f2a89aa8b3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5811.	[bug]		Reimplement the maximum and idle timeouts for outgoing
+			zone tranfers. [GL #1897]
+
 5809.	[bug]		Reset client TCP connection when data received cannot
 			be parsed as a valid DNS request. [GL #3149]
 
diff --git a/doc/notes/notes-current.rst b/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
index b712aca52e..cea74d3006 100644
--- a/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
+++ b/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
@@ -79,3 +79,8 @@ 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`