diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
index cd1afb3c1c9..e2e7f637f22 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
@@ -1031,6 +1031,19 @@ services.transmission.settings.rpc-bind-address = "0.0.0.0";
       documentation</link> for more information.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+      The <literal>deepin</literal> package set has been removed from
+      nixpkgs. It was a work in progress to package the
+      <link xlink:href="https://www.deepin.org/en/dde/">Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE)</link>,
+      including libraries, tools and applications, and it was still
+      missing a service to lauch the desktop environment. It has shown
+      to no longer be a feasible goal due to reasons discussed in
+      <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/94870">issue #94870</link>.
+      The package <literal>netease-cloud-music</literal> has also been
+      removed, as it depends on libraries from deepin.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 </section>