diff --git a/Shorewall/changelog.txt b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
index eb80ab559..5f7eb24d1 100644
--- a/Shorewall/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changes in Shorewall 4.4.11.4
 
 2)  Fix REQUIRE_INTERFACE=Yes
 
+3)  Fix exclusion in the blacklist file
+
 Changes in Shorewall 4.4.11.3
 
 1)  Fix duplicate rule generation with 'any'.
diff --git a/Shorewall/known_problems.txt b/Shorewall/known_problems.txt
index 857730347..7d15cd06d 100644
--- a/Shorewall/known_problems.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/known_problems.txt
@@ -107,3 +107,8 @@
     do not work as expected.
 
     Workaround: Do not use exclusion with CONTINUE.
+
+16) Exclusion in blacklist file entries is correctly validated but is
+    then ignored when generating iptables (ip6tables) input.
+
+    Workaround: Do not use exclusion in the blacklist file.
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index ca0f0e88a..8f85dee09 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ I I I.  P R O B L E M S   C O R R E C T E D   I N   T H I S  R E L E A S E
 3)  AUTOMAKE=Yes has been broken for some time. It is now working
     correctly.
 
+4)  Exclusion in /etc/shorewall/blacklist was correctly validated but
+    was then ignored when generating iptables (ip6tables) input.
+
 4.4.11.2
 
 1)  A typo in /sbin/shorewall6-lite version 4.4.11.1 caused the