diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES
index f73b5a46636..f172b9e93d9 100644
--- a/sys/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/conf/NOTES
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ options 	SLEEPQUEUE_PROFILING
 options 	TURNSTILE_PROFILING
 options 	UMTX_PROFILING
 
+# Debugging traces for epoch(9) misuse
+options 	EPOCH_TRACE
 
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 # COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS