diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
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@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ New RPCs
 New settings
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+- RPC Whitelist system. It can give certain RPC users permissions to only some RPC calls.
+It can be set with two command line arguments (`rpcwhitelist` and `rpcwhitelistdefault`). (#12763)
+
 Updated settings
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