diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index fa809883fae4..4c0e5b71771c 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -1680,6 +1680,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
       url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:18.zlib.asc">FreeBSD-SA-02:18</ulink>.
       &merged;</para>
 
+    <para>Bugs in the TCP SYN cache (<quote>syncache</quote>) and SYN
+      cookie (<quote>syncookie</quote>) implementations, which could
+      cause legitimate TCP/IP traffic to crash a machine, have been
+      fixed.  For a workaround and patches, see security advisory
+      <ulink
+      url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:20.syncache.asc">FreeBSD-SA-02:20</ulink>.
+      &merged;</para>
+
   </sect2>
   <sect2 id="userland">
     <title>Userland Changes</title>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index fa809883fae4..4c0e5b71771c 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -1680,6 +1680,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
       url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:18.zlib.asc">FreeBSD-SA-02:18</ulink>.
       &merged;</para>
 
+    <para>Bugs in the TCP SYN cache (<quote>syncache</quote>) and SYN
+      cookie (<quote>syncookie</quote>) implementations, which could
+      cause legitimate TCP/IP traffic to crash a machine, have been
+      fixed.  For a workaround and patches, see security advisory
+      <ulink
+      url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:20.syncache.asc">FreeBSD-SA-02:20</ulink>.
+      &merged;</para>
+
   </sect2>
   <sect2 id="userland">
     <title>Userland Changes</title>