diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
index 0d0e2647a070..aa8079b16dbf 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
-          Cinnamon has been updated to 5.4.
+          Cinnamon has been updated to 5.4. While at it, the cinnamon
+          module now defaults to blueman as bluetooth manager and
+          slick-greeter as lightdm greeter to match upstream.
         </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
index c560da8df27a..fa6f49de1114 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - PHP now defaults to PHP 8.1, updated from 8.0.
 
-- Cinnamon has been updated to 5.4.
+- Cinnamon has been updated to 5.4. While at it, the cinnamon module now defaults to
+  blueman as bluetooth manager and slick-greeter as lightdm greeter to match upstream.
 
 - `hardware.nvidia` has a new option `open` that can be used to opt in the opensource version of NVIDIA kernel driver. Note that the driver's support for GeForce and Workstation GPUs is still alpha quality, see [NVIDIA Releases Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-releases-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/) for the official announcement.