diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index 57f93abe0..b7eaa6eaf 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ Low-level RPC changes
 
 - The log timestamp format is now ISO 8601 (e.g. "2018-02-28T12:34:56Z").
 
+- When running bitcoind with `-debug` but without `-daemon`, logging to stdout
+  is now the default behavior. Setting `-printtoconsole=1` no longer implicitly
+  disables logging to debug.log. Instead, logging to file can be explicitly disabled
+  by setting `-debuglogfile=0`.
+
 Miner block size removed
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