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 da8bf17c0ccf1..f2ba937972222 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
@@ -38,6 +38,24 @@
stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform.
+
+
+ The polymc package has been removed due to
+ a rogue maintainer. It has been replaced by
+ prismlauncher, a fork by the rest of the
+ maintainers. For more details, see
+ the
+ pull request that made this change and
+ this
+ issue detailing the vulnerability. Users with existing
+ installations should rename
+ ~/.local/share/polymc to
+ ~/.local/share/PrismLauncher. The main
+ config file’s path has also moved from
+ ~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg to
+ ~/.local/share/PrismLauncher/prismlauncher.cfg.
+
+
The nixpkgs.hostPlatform and
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
index 68b46a7e45abf..797d4492ae5a4 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
built for `stdenv.hostPlatform` (i.e. produced by `stdenv.cc`) by evaluating
`stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform`.
+- The `polymc` package has been removed due to a rogue maintainer. It has been
+ replaced by `prismlauncher`, a fork by the rest of the maintainers. For more
+ details, see [the pull request that made this
+ change](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/196624) and [this issue
+ detailing the vulnerability](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/196460).
+ Users with existing installations should rename `~/.local/share/polymc` to
+ `~/.local/share/PrismLauncher`. The main config file's path has also moved
+ from `~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg` to
+ `~/.local/share/PrismLauncher/prismlauncher.cfg`.
+
- The `nixpkgs.hostPlatform` and `nixpkgs.buildPlatform` options have been added.
These cover and override the `nixpkgs.{system,localSystem,crossSystem}` options.