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 126f650250c..100b93bea4b 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
@@ -77,6 +77,32 @@
with any supported NixOS release.
+
+
+ nscd functionality, necessary to provide
+ non-glibc-builtin NSS modules (such as
+ nss_systemd or nss_ldap)
+ can now be provided by nsncd, by setting
+ services.nscd.enableNsncd to
+ true.
+
+
+ The nscd daemon provided by glibc, which is
+ currently used by NixOS isn’t very reliable. For example, it’s
+ not
+ fully possible to disable caching functionality,
+ causing various issues and failed lookups.
+
+
+ In contrast to nscd’s behavior of caching module responses on
+ its own, nsncd merely forwards requests to NSS modules, which
+ might cache or not.
+
+
+ We plan to use nsncd by default in NixOS
+ 23.05.
+
+ emacs enables native compilation which
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
index 64f1e089a41..81043a72d04 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
for a transition period so that in time the ecosystem can switch without
breaking compatibility with any supported NixOS release.
+- `nscd` functionality, necessary to provide non-glibc-builtin NSS
+ modules (such as `nss_systemd` or `nss_ldap`) can now be provided by
+ `nsncd`, by setting `services.nscd.enableNsncd` to `true`.
+
+ The `nscd` daemon provided by glibc, which is currently used by NixOS isn't
+ very reliable. For example, it's [not fully possible to disable caching
+ functionality](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/135888), causing
+ various issues and failed lookups.
+
+ In contrast to nscd's behavior of caching module responses on its own,
+ nsncd merely forwards requests to NSS modules, which might cache or not.
+
+ We plan to use `nsncd` by default in NixOS 23.05.
+
- `emacs` enables native compilation which means:
- emacs packages from nixpkgs, builtin or not, will do native compilation ahead of time so you can enjoy the benefit of native compilation without compiling them on you machine;
- emacs packages from somewhere else, e.g. `package-install`, will do asynchronously deferred native compilation. If you do not want this, maybe to avoid CPU consumption for compilation, you can use `(setq native-comp-deferred-compilation nil)` to disable it while still enjoy the benefit of native compilation for packages from nixpkgs.