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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
@@ -108,12 +108,27 @@ New Features
   * Removed the field ``opaque_data``.
   * Pointer to ``rte_crypto_sym_op`` has been replaced with a zero length array.
 
+* **Reorganized the crypto symmetric session structure.**
+
+  The crypto symmetric session structure (``rte_cryptodev_sym_session``) has
+  been reorganized as follows:
+
+  * ``dev_id`` field has been removed.
+  * ``driver_id`` field has been removed.
+  * Mempool pointer ``mp`` has been removed.
+  * Replaced ``private`` marker with array of pointers to private data sessions
+    ``sess_private_data``.
+
 * **Updated cryptodev library.**
 
   * Added AEAD algorithm specific functions and structures, so it is not
     necessary to use a combination of cipher and authentication
     structures anymore.
   * Added helper functions for crypto device driver identification.
+  * Added support for multi-device sessions, so a single session can be
+    used in multiple drivers.
+  * Added functions to initialize and free individual driver private data
+    with a same session.
 
 * **Updated dpaa2_sec crypto PMD.**
 
@@ -133,6 +148,19 @@ New Features
 
   * 192-bit key.
 
+* **Updated the Cryptodev Scheduler PMD.**
+
+  Added a multicore based distribution mode, which distributes the enqueued
+  crypto operations among several slaves, running on different logical cores.
+
+* **Added dpdk-test-eventdev test application.**
+
+  The dpdk-test-eventdev tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) application
+  that allows exercising various eventdev use cases.
+  This application has a generic framework to add new eventdev based test cases
+  to verify functionality and measure the performance parameters of DPDK
+  eventdev devices.
+
 
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
@@ -212,6 +240,15 @@ API Changes
     by the new function ``rte_crypto_count_by_driver()``.
   * Moved crypto device driver names definitions to the particular PMDs.
     These names are not public anymore.
+  * ``rte_cryptodev_configure()`` does not create the session mempool
+    for the device anymore.
+  * ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_attach_sym_session()`` and
+    ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_dettach_sym_session()`` functions require
+    the new parameter ``device id``.
+  * Modified parameters of ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create()``, to accept
+    ``mempool``, instead of ``device id`` and ``rte_crypto_sym_xform``.
+  * Remove ``device id`` parameter from ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_free()``.
+  * Added new field ``session_pool`` to ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_setup()``.
 
 
 ABI Changes
@@ -232,6 +269,11 @@ ABI Changes
   Some fields have been modified in the ``rte_crypto_op`` and ``rte_crypto_sym_op``
   structures, as described in the `New Features`_ section.
 
+* **Reorganized the crypto symmetric session structure.**
+
+  Some fields have been modified in the ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session``
+  structure, as described in the `New Features`_ section.
+
 * **Reorganized the ``rte_crypto_sym_cipher_xform`` structure.**
 
   * Added cipher IV length and offset parameters.
@@ -244,8 +286,9 @@ ABI Changes
   * Removed AAD length.
 
 * Replaced ``dev_type`` enumeration with uint8_t ``driver_id`` in
-  ``rte_cryptodev_info``, ``rte_cryptodev`` and ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session``
-  structures.
+  ``rte_cryptodev_info`` and  ``rte_cryptodev`` structures.
+
+* Removed ``session_mp`` from ``rte_cryptodev_config``.
 
 
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