diff --git a/releasenotes.txt b/releasenotes.txt
index 65c9e9ef90ac..f68333b7075c 100644
--- a/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/releasenotes.txt
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ Other:
 - Removed deprecated platform type 'Unspecified'. Please use 'unspecified' instead.
 - Removed deprecated 'Makefile' option 'SRCDIR'.
 - Added CMake option 'DISALLOW_THREAD_EXECUTOR' to control the inclusion of the executor which performs the analysis within a thread of the main process.
-- Removed CMake option 'USE_THREADS' in favor of 'DISALLOW_THREAD_EXECUTOR'.
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+- Removed CMake option 'USE_THREADS' in favor of 'DISALLOW_THREAD_EXECUTOR'.
+- Fixed crash with '--rule-file=' if some data was missing.
+- '--rule-file' will now bail out if a rule could not be added or a file contains unexpected data.
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