diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
index 2a503c4edfc..a55f5daad68 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
@@ -294,6 +294,13 @@
The &man.alc.4; driver has been
updated to support AR816x and AR817x ethernet
controllers.
+
+ The &man.vxlan.4; driver has been
+ added, which creates a virtual Layer 2 (Ethernet) network
+ overlaid in a Layer 3 (IP/UDP) network. The &man.vxlan.4;
+ driver is analogous to &man.vlan.4;, but is designed to be
+ better suited for large, multiple-tenant datacenter
+ environments.