diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.0.md
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@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@
   for the adversary model, the layers, the defaults, and operator
   recipes.
 
+- The second chance mechanism of the pathfinder was adjusted to apply a
+significant penalty to the route instead of immediately retrying it. This means
+that if a failure carries a fee policy update we'll still take it into account
+but will retry that route with a lower priority. See more in the
+[PR](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10278).
+
 ## RPC Additions
 
 * [Added `DeleteForwardingHistory`