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 51184ba0a2c..645397ac5fb 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
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@
services.nginx.virtualHosts.*.enableACME).
+
+
+ GNOME has been upgraded to 42. Please take a look at their
+ Release
+ Notes for details. Notably, it replaces gedit with
+ GNOME Text Editor, GNOME Terminal with GNOME Console (formerly
+ King’s Cross), and GNOME Screenshot with a tool built into the
+ Shell.
+
+
PHP 8.1 is now available
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index 9caec0ac07f..2f142d4f42b 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
the option to use DNS-01 validation when using `enableACME` on
web server virtual hosts (e.g. `services.nginx.virtualHosts.*.enableACME`).
+- GNOME has been upgraded to 42. Please take a look at their [Release Notes](https://release.gnome.org/42/) for details. Notably, it replaces gedit with GNOME Text Editor, GNOME Terminal with GNOME Console (formerly King’s Cross), and GNOME Screenshot with a tool built into the Shell.
+
- PHP 8.1 is now available
- Mattermost has been updated to extended support release 6.3, as the previously packaged extended support release 5.37 is [reaching its end of life](https://docs.mattermost.com/upgrade/extended-support-release.html).