diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
index 9e5d4bfd20d9..ef913cc95436 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
       has the following highlights:
     </para>
     <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          GNOME has been upgraded to 43. Please take a look at their
+          <link xlink:href="https://release.gnome.org/43/">Release
+          Notes</link> for details.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           During cross-compilation, tests are now executed if the test
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
index 47f3da3a435a..33065c90dd21 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Support is planned until the end of June 2023, handing over to 23.05.
 
 In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights:
 
+- GNOME has been upgraded to 43. Please take a look at their [Release
+  Notes](https://release.gnome.org/43/) for details.
+
 - During cross-compilation, tests are now executed if the test suite can be executed
   by the build platform. This is the case when doing “native” cross-compilation
   where the build and host platforms are largely the same, but the nixpkgs' cross