diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
index d764d0e56620..1b2b815cbba8 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
@@ -411,6 +411,43 @@
       change, it would be possible for returned values to be
       incorrectly identified as prime numbers.</para>
 
+    <para revision="272198">The &man.mkimg.1; utility has been
+      updated to include three options used to print information
+      about &man.mkimg.1; itself:</para>
+
+    <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="0">
+      <tgroup cols="2">
+	<colspec colwidth="1*"/>
+	<colspec colwidth="1*"/>
+	<thead>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>Option</entry>
+	    <entry>Output</entry>
+	  </row>
+	</thead>
+
+	<tbody>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><literal>--version</literal></entry>
+	    <entry>The current version of the &man.mkimg.1;
+	      utility</entry>
+	  </row>
+
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><literal>--formats</literal></entry>
+	    <entry>The disk image file formats supported by
+	      &man.mkimg.1;</entry>
+	  </row>
+
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><literal>--schemes</literal></entry>
+	    <entry>The partition schemes supported by
+	      &man.mkimg.1;</entry>
+	  </row>
+	</tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </informaltable>
+
     <sect3 xml:id="abi-compat">
       <title><acronym>ABI</acronym> Compatibility</title>