diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.17.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.17.0.md
index a74a80421..9b0329da6 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.17.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.17.0.md
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ fails](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7876).
   retried](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7927) with an
   exponential back off.
 
+* In the watchtower client, we [now explicitly 
+  handle](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7981) the scenario where 
+  a channel is closed while we still have an in-memory update for it. 
+
 # New Features
 ## Functional Enhancements
 ### Protocol Features