diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
index 8bd353a3430..4102fe206e1 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
    <listitem>
      <para>
       The <option>networking.useDHCP</option> option is unsupported in combination with
-      <option>networking.useNetworkd</option> in anticipation of defaulting to it by default.
+      <option>networking.useNetworkd</option> in anticipation of defaulting to it.
       It has to be set to <literal>false</literal> and enabled per
       interface with <option>networking.interfaces.&lt;name&gt;.useDHCP = true;</option>
     </para>