diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index e35191763..d8f8f4b3b 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -11,17 +11,21 @@ released late in 2009.
    has been combined with Shorewall-common to produce a single
    Shorewall package.
 
-2) The interfaces file OPTIONs have been extended to largely remove the
+2) The Shorewall documentation and man pages have been purged of
+   information about earlier Shorewall releases. The documentation
+   describes only the behavior of Shorewall 4.3 and later versions.
+
+3) The interfaces file OPTIONs have been extended to largely remove the
    need for the hosts file.
 
-3) It is now possible to define PREROUTING and OUTPUT marking rules
+4) It is now possible to define PREROUTING and OUTPUT marking rules
    that cause new connections to use the same provider as an existing
    connection of the same kind.
 
-4) Dynamic Zone support is once again available for IPv4; ipset support is
+5) Dynamic Zone support is once again available for IPv4; ipset support is
    required in your kernel and in iptables.
 
-5)  A new AUTOMAKE option has been added to shorewall.conf and
+6)  A new AUTOMAKE option has been added to shorewall.conf and
     shorewall6.conf. Setting this option will allow Shorewall to skip
     the compilation phase during start/restart if no configuration
     changes have occurred since the last start/restart.