diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
index cc0070f13ab..5777eea2621 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-12.sgml
@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ Previously, <command>\pset format a</command> chose <literal>aligned</literal>;
 </para>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem>
+<para>
+The maximum btree index length is now reduced by eight bytes;  a <xref linkend="sql-reindex"/> operation could potentially fail.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+
 <listitem>
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 Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>