diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1509.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1509.xml
index 098613f9685..93c75aa6269 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1509.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1509.xml
@@ -243,6 +243,18 @@ nix-env -f "<nixpkgs>" -iA haskellPackages.cabal-install
       </para>
   </listitem>
 
+  <listitem> <para>
+    A newly packaged TeX Live 2015 is provided in <literal>pkgs.texlive</literal>,
+    split into 6500 nix packages. For basic user documentation see
+    <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/release-15.09/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive-new/default.nix#L1"
+      >the source</link>.
+    Beware of <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/9757"
+      >an issue</link> when installing a too large package set.
+
+    The plan is to deprecate and maybe delete the original TeX packages
+    until the next release.
+  </para> </listitem>
+
 </itemizedlist>
 
 </para>