diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 073118b0a83..6610ac5300b 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ New Features
       developers who wish to provide an ID for their driver should create
       a routine specific to their individual implementation.
 
-    - H5P(set|get)_external() now use haddr_t, which is always a 64-bit type
+    - H5P(set|get)_external() now take a haddr_t offset parameter, which is
+      always a 64-bit type
 
       These calls took an off_t parameter in HDF5 1.14.x and earlier. On POSIX
       systems, off_t is specified as a 64-bit type via POSIX large-file support