diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
index 6e659b87926..98b72146e49 100644
--- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -318,6 +318,14 @@ tcpdump(1) has received some updates and bugfixes. [MERGED]
 
 User-land ppp(8) has received a number of updates and bugfixes. [MERGED]
 
+To improve performance and disk utilization, the "ports skeletons" in
+the FreeBSD Ports Collection have been restructured.  Installed ports
+and packages should not be affected. [MERGED]
+
+make(1) has gained the :C/// (regexp substitution), :L (lowercase),
+and :U (uppercase) variable modifiers.  These were added to reduce the
+differences between the FreeBSD and OpenBSD/NetBSD make programs.
+
 
 2. Supported Configurations
 ---------------------------
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
index 2916bcd61ba..26ff80b8cbd 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -362,6 +362,14 @@ tcpdump(1) has received some updates and bugfixes. [MERGED]
 
 User-land ppp(8) has received a number of updates and bugfixes. [MERGED]
 
+To improve performance and disk utilization, the "ports skeletons" in
+the FreeBSD Ports Collection have been restructured.  Installed ports
+and packages should not be affected. [MERGED]
+
+make(1) has gained the :C/// (regexp substitution), :L (lowercase),
+and :U (uppercase) variable modifiers.  These were added to reduce the
+differences between the FreeBSD and OpenBSD/NetBSD make programs.
+
 
 2. Supported Configurations
 ---------------------------