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 4f4a5a3394e..223f16e2ca7 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
@@ -1303,6 +1303,46 @@
desktop environments as needed.
+
+
+ The hadoop package has added support for
+ aarch64-linux and
+ aarch64-darwin as of 3.3.1
+ (#158613).
+
+
+
+
+ The R package now builds again on
+ aarch64-darwin
+ (#158992).
+
+
+
+
+ The spark3 package has been updated from
+ 3.1.2 to 3.2.1
+ (#160075):
+
+
+
+
+ Testing has been enabled for
+ aarch64-linux in addition to
+ x86_64-linux.
+
+
+
+
+ The spark3 package is now usable on
+ aarch64-darwin as a result of
+ #158613
+ and
+ #158992.
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index c4281561f16..37432e7abd0 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -471,4 +471,13 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
- The polkit service, available at `security.polkit.enable`, is now disabled by default. It will automatically be enabled through services and desktop environments as needed.
+- The `hadoop` package has added support for `aarch64-linux` and `aarch64-darwin` as of 3.3.1 ([#158613](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/158613)).
+
+- The `R` package now builds again on `aarch64-darwin` ([#158992](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/158992)).
+
+- 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`.
+ - The `spark3` package is now usable on `aarch64-darwin` as a result of [#158613](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/158613) and [#158992](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/158992).
+