diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index 2651ebb072d7..8f895908d2b9 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -437,6 +437,10 @@
   There is also a breaking change in the handling of CUDA. Instead of using a CUDA compatible jaxlib
   as before, you can use plugins like `python3Packages.jax-cuda12-plugin`.
 
+- Added `allowVariants` to gate availability of package sets like `pkgsLLVM`, `pkgsMusl`, `pkgsZig`, etc. This was done in an effort to
+  decrease evaluation times by limiting the number of instances of nixpkgs to evaluate. The option will be removed in the future as a
+  new mechanism is in the works for handling cross compilation.
+
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 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-nixpkgs-release-25.05-notable-changes}
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
index 7fea2f19609c..95a1b1712f6b 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Highlights {#sec-nixpkgs-release-25.11-highlights}
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-- Added `allowVariants` to gate availability of package sets like `pkgsLLVM`, `pkgsMusl`, `pkgsZig`, etc. This option will be removed in a future release.
+- Create the first release note entry in this section!
 
 ## Backward Incompatibilities {#sec-nixpkgs-release-25.11-incompatibilities}