diff --git a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
index d49831bd7..52c2912c2 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ Other changes in Shorewall 4.0.0 Beta 7
 3)  COMMENTs are now allowed in the accounting file under
     Shorewall-perl
 
+4)  The name of the Shorewall package has been changed to
+    Shorewall-common. This change, along with changes to the RPM .spec
+    files will allow for automatic upgrade from Shorewall 3.x to
+    Shorewall 4.x on RPM-based distributions such as SuSE, RedHat and
+    CentOS.
+
+
 Migration Considerations:
 
 1)  You cannot simply upgrade your existing Shorewall package. You must