diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
index e04d5842d6d..ae08e52098d 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,47 @@
       in the GNOME 3 module.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     Orthogonal to the previous changes to the GNOME 3 desktop manager module, we've updated all default services and applications
+     to match as close as possible to a default reference GNOME 3 experience.
+    </para>
+
+    <bridgehead>The following changes were enacted in <option>services.gnome3.core-utilities.enable</option></bridgehead>
+
+    <itemizedlist>
+     <title>Applications removed from defaults:</title>
+     <listitem><para><literal>accerciser</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>dconf-editor</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>evolution</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>gnome-documents</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>gnome-nettool</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>gnome-power-manager</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>gnome-todo</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>gnome-tweaks</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>gnome-usage</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>gucharmap</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>nautilus-sendto</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>vinagre</literal></para></listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+    <itemizedlist>
+     <title>Applications added to defaults:</title>
+     <listitem><para><literal>cheese</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>geary</literal></para></listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+
+    <bridgehead>The following changes were enacted in <option>services.gnome3.core-shell.enable</option></bridgehead>
+
+    <itemizedlist>
+     <title>Applications added to defaults:</title>
+     <listitem><para><literal>gnome-color-manager</literal></para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para><literal>orca</literal></para></listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+    <itemizedlist>
+     <title>Services enabled:</title>
+     <listitem><para><option>services.avahi.enable</option></para></listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>