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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
index 0e637c0632..e978efee96 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
 
   Refer to the previous release notes for examples.
 
+* **Added function to check primary process state.**
+
+  A new function ``rte_eal_primary_proc_alive()`` has been added
+  to allow the user to detect if a primary process is running.
+  Use cases for this feature include fault detection, and monitoring
+  using secondary processes.
+
 * **Enabled bulk allocation of mbufs.**
 
   A new function ``rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk()`` has been added to allow the user
@@ -57,23 +64,44 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
 
 * **Added vhost-user live migration support.**
 
+* **Enabled PCI extended tag for i40e.**
+
+  It enabled extended tag by checking and writing corresponding PCI config
+  space bytes, to boost the performance. In the meanwhile, it deprecated the
+  legacy way via reading/writing sysfile supported by kernel module igb_uio.
+
+* **Increased number of next hops for LPM IPv4 to 2^24.**
+
+  The next_hop field is extended from 8 bits to 24 bits for IPv4.
+
+* **Added support of SNOW 3G (UEA2 and UIA2) for Intel Quick Assist devices.**
+
+  Enabled support for SNOW 3G wireless algorithm for Intel Quick Assist devices.
+  Support for cipher only, hash only is also provided
+  along with alg-chaining operations.
+
+* **Added SNOW3G SW PMD.**
+
+  A new Crypto PMD has been added, which provides SNOW 3G UEA2 ciphering
+  and SNOW3G UIA2 hashing.
+
+* **Added AES GCM PMD.**
+
+  Added new Crypto PMD to support AES-GCM authenticated encryption and
+  authenticated decryption in SW.
+
 
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
 
 This section should contain bug fixes added to the relevant sections. Sample format:
 
-* **code/section Fixed issue in the past tense with a full stop.**
+* **code/section: Fixed issue in the past tense with a full stop.**
 
   Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the resolved issue in the past tense.
   The title should contain the code/lib section like a commit message.
   Add the entries in alphabetic order in the relevant sections below.
 
-* **examples/vhost: Fixed frequent mbuf allocation failure.**
-
-  vhost-switch often fails to allocate mbuf when dequeue from vring because it
-  wrongly calculates the number of mbufs needed.
-
 
 EAL
 ~~~
@@ -94,6 +122,11 @@ Drivers
   This made impossible the creation of more than one aesni_mb device
   from command line.
 
+* **qat: Fixed AES GCM decryption.**
+
+  Allowed AES GCM on the cryptodev API, but in some cases gave invalid results
+  due to incorrect IV setting.
+
 
 Libraries
 ~~~~~~~~~
@@ -107,6 +140,11 @@ Libraries
 Examples
 ~~~~~~~~
 
+* **examples/vhost: Fixed frequent mbuf allocation failure.**
+
+  vhost-switch often fails to allocate mbuf when dequeue from vring because it
+  wrongly calculates the number of mbufs needed.
+
 
 Other
 ~~~~~
@@ -131,6 +169,20 @@ This section should contain API changes. Sample format:
 * Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the API change. Use fixed width
   quotes for ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
 
+* The fields in ethdev structure ``rte_eth_fdir_masks`` were changed
+  to be in big endian.
+
+* The LPM ``next_hop`` field is extended from 8 bits to 24 bits for IPv4
+  while keeping ABI compatibility.
+
+* A new ``rte_lpm_config`` structure is used so LPM library will allocate
+  exactly the amount of memory which is necessary to hold application’s rules.
+  The previous ABI is kept for compatibility.
+
+* The prototype for the pipeline input port, output port and table action
+  handlers are updated: the pipeline parameter is added,
+  the packets mask parameter has been either removed or made input-only.
+
 
 ABI Changes
 -----------
@@ -139,8 +191,10 @@ ABI Changes
   the previous releases and made in this release. Use fixed width quotes for
   ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
 
-* The fields in ethdev structure ``rte_eth_fdir_masks`` were changed
-  to be in big endian.
+* The RETA entry size in ``rte_eth_rss_reta_entry64`` has been increased
+  from 8-bit to 16-bit.
+
+* The cmdline buffer size has been increase from 256 to 512.
 
 
 Shared Library Versions
@@ -152,10 +206,10 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
 
 .. code-block:: diff
 
-     libethdev.so.2
+   + libethdev.so.3
      librte_acl.so.2
      librte_cfgfile.so.2
-     librte_cmdline.so.1
+   + librte_cmdline.so.2
      librte_distributor.so.1
      librte_eal.so.2
      librte_hash.so.2
@@ -168,7 +222,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_mbuf.so.2
      librte_mempool.so.1
      librte_meter.so.1
-     librte_pipeline.so.2
+   + librte_pipeline.so.3
      librte_pmd_bond.so.1
      librte_pmd_ring.so.2
      librte_port.so.2