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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 1e2443c76d..00fec3973d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
 Deprecation Notices
 -------------------
 
+* eal: DPDK runtime configuration file (located at
+  ``/var/run/.<prefix>_config``) will be moved. The new path will be as follows:
+
+  - if DPDK is running as root, path will be set to
+    ``/var/run/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
+  - if DPDK is not running as root and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is set, path will be set
+    to ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
+  - if DPDK is not running as root and $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set, path will be
+    set to ``/tmp/dpdk/<prefix>/config``
+
 * eal: both declaring and identifying devices will be streamlined in v18.05.
   New functions will appear to query a specific port from buses, classes of
   device and device drivers. Device declaration will be made coherent with the
@@ -59,12 +69,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
   PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
 
-* i40e: The default flexible payload configuration which extracts the first 16
-  bytes of the payload for RSS will be deprecated starting from 18.02. If
-  required the previous behavior can be configured using existing flow
-  director APIs. There is no ABI/API break. This change will just remove a
-  global configuration setting and require explicit configuration.
-
 * pdump: As we changed to use generic IPC, some changes in APIs and structure
   are expected in subsequent release.