diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index 21d0ab8d3..3434ad13f 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -282,6 +282,23 @@ None.
     See http://www.shorewall.net/simple_traffic_shaping.html for
     details.
 
+8)  Previously, when TC_EXPERT=No, packets arriving through 'tracked'
+    provider interfaces were unconditionally passed to the PREROUTING
+    tcrules. This was done so that tcrules could reset the packet mark
+    to zero so that the packet would be routed using the 'main' routing
+    table. Using the main table allowed dynamic routes (such as those
+    added for VPNs) to be effective.
+
+    The route_rules file was created to provide a better alternative
+    to clearing the packet mark. As a consequence, passing these
+    packets to PREROUTING complicates things without providing any real
+    benefit.
+
+    Beginning with this release, when TRACK_PROVIDERS=Yes and TC_EXPORT=No,
+    packets arriving through 'tracked' interfaces will not be passed to
+    the PREROUTING rules. Since TRACK_PROVIDERS was just introduced in
+    4.4.3, this change should be transparent to most, if not all, users.
+
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