diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/7.1.0.rst b/docs/releasenotes/7.1.0.rst
index e3bc107ddff..0f7a22b245c 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes/7.1.0.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes/7.1.0.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ Reading JPEG comments
 When opening a JPEG image, the comment may now be read into
 :py:attr:`~PIL.Image.Image.info`.
 
+New channel operations
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Three new channel operations have been added: :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageChops.soft_light`,
+:py:meth:`~PIL.ImageChops.hard_light` and :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageChops.overlay`.
+
 Other Changes
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