diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index 51184ba0a2c6..645397ac5fb9 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@
           <literal>services.nginx.virtualHosts.*.enableACME</literal>).
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          GNOME has been upgraded to 42. Please take a look at their
+          <link xlink:href="https://release.gnome.org/42/">Release
+          Notes</link> for details. Notably, it replaces gedit with
+          GNOME Text Editor, GNOME Terminal with GNOME Console (formerly
+          King’s Cross), and GNOME Screenshot with a tool built into the
+          Shell.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           PHP 8.1 is now available
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index 9caec0ac07f5..2f142d4f42b7 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   the option to use DNS-01 validation when using `enableACME` on
   web server virtual hosts (e.g. `services.nginx.virtualHosts.*.enableACME`).
 
+- GNOME has been upgraded to 42. Please take a look at their [Release Notes](https://release.gnome.org/42/) for details. Notably, it replaces gedit with GNOME Text Editor, GNOME Terminal with GNOME Console (formerly King’s Cross), and GNOME Screenshot with a tool built into the Shell.
+
 - PHP 8.1 is now available
 
 - Mattermost has been updated to extended support release 6.3, as the previously packaged extended support release 5.37 is [reaching its end of life](https://docs.mattermost.com/upgrade/extended-support-release.html).