diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml
index cae46258b80..2ffc488c0c1 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml
@@ -305,6 +305,15 @@ following incompatible changes:</para>
     </para>
   </listitem>
 
+  <listitem>
+    <para>
+      The dnscrypt-proxy service supports synchronizing the list of public
+      resolvers without working DNS resolution.  This fixes issues caused by the
+      resolver list becoming outdated.  It also improves the viability of
+      DNSCrypt only configurations.
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+
 </itemizedlist>