diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 4b350b00a75..20d06e17e8f 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@
 	fast recovery when NewReno was enabled, has been
 	fixed. &merged;</para>
 
+      <para>The IP fragment reassembly code behaves more gracefully
+	when receiving a large number of packet fragments (it is
+	designed to be more resistant to fragment-based denial of
+	service attacks). &merged;</para>
+
       <para>TCP connections in the <literal>TIME_WAIT</literal> state
 	now use a special protocol control block that uses less space
 	than a full-blown TCP PCB.  This allows some of the data
@@ -527,7 +532,7 @@
       <para>All of the <application>bzip2</application> suite of
         applications is now installed in the base system (in
         particular, <command>bzip2recover</command> is now built and
-        installed. &merged;</para>
+        installed). &merged;</para>
 
       <para><application>CVS</application> has been updated to
 	1.11.5. &merged;</para>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index 4b350b00a75..20d06e17e8f 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@
 	fast recovery when NewReno was enabled, has been
 	fixed. &merged;</para>
 
+      <para>The IP fragment reassembly code behaves more gracefully
+	when receiving a large number of packet fragments (it is
+	designed to be more resistant to fragment-based denial of
+	service attacks). &merged;</para>
+
       <para>TCP connections in the <literal>TIME_WAIT</literal> state
 	now use a special protocol control block that uses less space
 	than a full-blown TCP PCB.  This allows some of the data
@@ -527,7 +532,7 @@
       <para>All of the <application>bzip2</application> suite of
         applications is now installed in the base system (in
         particular, <command>bzip2recover</command> is now built and
-        installed. &merged;</para>
+        installed). &merged;</para>
 
       <para><application>CVS</application> has been updated to
 	1.11.5. &merged;</para>