diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
index 9ae34dd58ab..2e971996b86 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,25 @@
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 
+ <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+         version="5.0"
+         xml:id="sec-release-18.09-incompatibilities">
+  <title>Backward Incompatibilities</title>
+
+  <para>
+   When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the following
+   incompatible changes:
+  </para>
+
+  <itemizedlist>
+   <listitem>
+    <para />
+   </listitem>
+  </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+
  <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
          xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"