diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 7984ccc240f..7406353d349 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -1575,6 +1575,11 @@
     <para>&man.moused.8; now takes a <option>-a</option> to control
     mouse acceleration.</para>
 
+    <para arch="i386">&man.fdisk.8; no longer attempts to search for
+    a device if none has been specified on the command line, but
+    instead tries to figure out the default device name from the
+    root device.</para>
+
     <sect3>
       <title>Contributed Software</title>
 
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 7984ccc240f..7406353d349 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -1575,6 +1575,11 @@
     <para>&man.moused.8; now takes a <option>-a</option> to control
     mouse acceleration.</para>
 
+    <para arch="i386">&man.fdisk.8; no longer attempts to search for
+    a device if none has been specified on the command line, but
+    instead tries to figure out the default device name from the
+    root device.</para>
+
     <sect3>
       <title>Contributed Software</title>