diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.40.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.40.0.txt
index 01f539ec0b..7e6d1171c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.40.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.40.0.txt
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ Fixes since v2.39
    enabled, which has been corrected.
    (merge 06a668cb90 cw/fetch-remote-group-with-duplication later to maint).
 
+ * Clarify how "checkout -b/-B" and "git branch [-f]" are similar but
+   different in the documentation.
+   (merge fedb8ea2df jc/doc-checkout-b later to maint).
+
+ * "git hash-object" now checks that the resulting object is well
+   formed with the same code as "git fsck".
+   (merge 8e4309038f jk/hash-object-fsck later to maint).
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge 77e04b2ed4 rs/t4205-do-not-exit-in-test-script later to maint).
    (merge faebba436e rs/plug-pattern-list-leak-in-lof later to maint).
@@ -219,3 +227,5 @@ Fixes since v2.39
    (merge dcb47e52b0 en/t6426-todo-cleanup later to maint).
    (merge 5b8db44bdd jc/format-patch-v-unleak later to maint).
    (merge 590b636737 jk/hash-object-literally-fd-leak later to maint).
+   (merge 5458ba0a4d tb/t0003-invoke-dd-more-portably later to maint).
+   (merge 70661d288b ar/markup-em-dash later to maint).