diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index f46372918fbc..44da4a1740ec 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -1806,6 +1806,16 @@
           (<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/158992">#158992</link>).
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The <literal>nss</literal> package was split into
+          <literal>nss_esr</literal> and <literal>nss_latest</literal>,
+          with <literal>nss</literal> being an alias for
+          <literal>nss_esr</literal>. This was done to ease maintenance
+          of <literal>nss</literal> and dependent high-profile packages
+          like <literal>firefox</literal>.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           The <literal>spark3</literal> package has been updated from
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index 7c69b075838b..efcc4cb88471 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -623,6 +623,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - The `R` package now builds again on `aarch64-darwin` ([#158992](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/158992)).
 
+- The `nss` package was split into `nss_esr` and `nss_latest`, with `nss` being an alias for `nss_esr`. This was done to ease maintenance of `nss` and dependent high-profile packages like `firefox`.
+
 - The `spark3` package has been updated from 3.1.2 to 3.2.1 ([#160075](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/160075)):
 
   - Testing has been enabled for `aarch64-linux` in addition to `x86_64-linux`.