diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
index 9714422dee70f450a9f58ae929e1367da4e160b0..90c4f4795fc5e95292d42dde52a7b41b0b76387d 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  * A credential helper to allow access to the Gnome keyring has been
    added.
 
+ * When "git am" sanitizes the Subject: line, we strip the prefix from
+   "Re: subject" and also from a less common "re: subject", but left
+   even less common "RE: subject" intact.
+
  * It was tempting to say "git branch --set-upstream origin/master",
    but that tells Git to arrange the local branch "origin/master" to
    integrate with the currently checked out branch, which is highly
@@ -54,6 +58,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  * "git merge-base" learned "--is-ancestor A B" option to tell if A is
    an ancestor of B.  The result is indicated by its exit status code.
 
+ * The "-Xours" backend option to "git merge -s recursive" now takes
+   effect even on binary files.
+
 
 Foreign Interface