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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
index 6fb3164d17..2af6aca4ea 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ New Features
   Added macros ETH_RSS_IPV4_CHKSUM and ETH_RSS_L4_CHKSUM, now IPv4 and
   TCP/UDP/SCTP header checksum field can be used as input set for RSS.
 
+* **Added flow flex item.**
+
+  The configurable flow flex item provides the capability to introduce
+  an arbitrary user-specified network protocol header,
+  configure the hardware accordingly, and perform match on this header
+  with desired patterns and masks.
+
 * **Added ethdev support to control delivery of Rx metadata from the HW to the PMD.**
 
   A new API, ``rte_eth_rx_metadata_negotiate()``, was added.
@@ -94,15 +101,32 @@ New Features
   * ``RTE_ETH_RX_METADATA_USER_MARK``
   * ``RTE_ETH_RX_METADATA_TUNNEL_ID``
 
+* **Added an API to get a proxy port to manage "transfer" flows.**
+
+  A new API, ``rte_flow_pick_transfer_proxy()``, was added.
+
 * **Updated af_packet ethdev driver.**
 
   * Default VLAN strip behavior was changed. VLAN tag won't be stripped
     unless ``DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP`` offload is enabled.
 
+* **Added API to get device configuration in ethdev.**
+
+  Added an ethdev API which can help users get device configuration.
+
 * **Updated AF_XDP PMD.**
 
   * Disabled secondary process support.
 
+* **Updated Amazon ENA PMD.**
+
+  Updated the Amazon ENA PMD. The new driver version (v2.5.0) introduced
+  bug fixes and improvements, including:
+
+  * Support for the tx_free_thresh and rx_free_thresh configuration parameters.
+  * NUMA aware allocations for the queue helper structures.
+  * Watchdog's feature which is checking for missing Tx completions.
+
 * **Updated Broadcom bnxt PMD.**
 
   * Added flow offload support for Thor.
@@ -131,6 +155,7 @@ New Features
   * Added rte_tm support.
   * Added support for Inline IPsec for CN9K event mode and CN10K
     poll mode and event mode.
+  * Added support for ingress meter for CN10K platform.
 
 * **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
 
@@ -144,6 +169,7 @@ New Features
   Updated the Solarflare ``sfc_efx`` driver with changes including:
 
   * Added port representors support on SN1000 SmartNICs
+  * Added flow API transfer proxy support
 
 * **Updated Marvell cnxk crypto PMD.**
 
@@ -294,7 +320,24 @@ API Changes
 * net: Renamed ``s_addr`` and ``d_addr`` fields of ``rte_ether_hdr`` structure
   to ``src_addr`` and ``dst_addr``, respectively.
 
-* ethdev: Added item ``PORT_REPRESENTOR`` to flow API.
+* net: Added ``version`` and ``ihl`` bit-fields to ``struct rte_ipv4_hdr``.
+  Existing ``version_ihl`` field is kept for backward compatibility.
+
+* ethdev: Added items and actions ``PORT_REPRESENTOR``, ``REPRESENTED_PORT`` to
+  flow API.
+
+* ethdev: Deprecated items and actions ``PF``, ``VF``, ``PHY_PORT``, ``PORT_ID``.
+  Suggested items and actions ``PORT_REPRESENTOR``, ``REPRESENTED_PORT`` instead.
+
+* ethdev: Deprecated the use of attributes ``ingress`` / ``egress`` combined
+  with ``transfer``. See items ``PORT_REPRESENTOR``, ``REPRESENTED_PORT``.
+
+* ethdev: ``rte_flow_action_modify_data`` structure updated, immediate data
+  array is extended, data pointer field is explicitly added to union, the
+  action behavior is defined in more strict fashion and documentation updated.
+  The immediate value behavior has been changed, the entire immediate field
+  should be provided, and offset for immediate source bitfield is assigned
+  from destination one.
 
 * cryptodev: The API rte_cryptodev_pmd_is_valid_dev is modified to
   rte_cryptodev_is_valid_dev as it can be used by the application as
@@ -388,6 +431,16 @@ ABI Changes
 * bbdev: Added capability related to more comprehensive CRC options,
   shifting values of the ``enum rte_bbdev_op_ldpcdec_flag_bitmasks``.
 
+* eventdev: New variables ``rx_event_buf_count`` and ``rx_event_buf_size``
+  were added in structure ``rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats`` to get additional
+  status.
+
+* eventdev: A new structure ``rte_event_fp_ops`` has been added which is now used
+  by the fastpath inline functions. The structures ``rte_eventdev``,
+  ``rte_eventdev_data`` have been made internal. ``rte_eventdevs[]`` can't be
+  accessed directly by user any more. This change is transparent to both
+  applications and PMDs.
+
 
 Known Issues
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