diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index a5c3d1d902743def3e28d334ae4699534383411c..c48869c552bcaf66b953d5c7d4a4114023fca5a9 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
external host changes.
+
+
+ nodedev: Add switchdev offload query to NIC capabilities
+
+
+ Allow querying the NIC interface capabilities for the
+ availability of switchdev offloading (also known as
+ kernel-forward-plane-offload introduced in kernel 4.8).
+
+