diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 3688e9e5b5bc..826bda98cf12 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -1715,6 +1715,13 @@
     environment variable, if set, to specify the location of temporary
     files. &merged;</para>
 
+    <para>&man.pppd.8; (the control program for kernel-level PPP) is
+    now installed mode <literal>4550</literal> and
+    <username>root</username><literal>:</literal><groupname>dialer</groupname>,
+    rather than mode <literal>4555</literal> (in other words, it is no
+    longer world-executable).  Users of &man.pppd.8; may need to
+    change their group settings. &merged;</para>
+
     <sect3>
       <title>Contributed Software</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 3688e9e5b5bc..826bda98cf12 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -1715,6 +1715,13 @@
     environment variable, if set, to specify the location of temporary
     files. &merged;</para>
 
+    <para>&man.pppd.8; (the control program for kernel-level PPP) is
+    now installed mode <literal>4550</literal> and
+    <username>root</username><literal>:</literal><groupname>dialer</groupname>,
+    rather than mode <literal>4555</literal> (in other words, it is no
+    longer world-executable).  Users of &man.pppd.8; may need to
+    change their group settings. &merged;</para>
+
     <sect3>
       <title>Contributed Software</title>