diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml
index 342f46cf0a2fbc3a61ba19faf26e4af9d384c606..9e62ec737bb7442e7dd5fe4a395461038b4765c7 100644
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml
@@ -85,4 +85,10 @@ with 'Prel' to reduce namespace pollution.
 	UnsafeST  ==> PrelUnsafeST
 </verb> </tscreen>
 
+<item> Unboxed types are now not allowed in the field of a newtype
+constructor.
+
+<item> Report the context properly for type errors in newtype
+declarations.
+
 </itemize>