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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_1.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_1.rst
index ed026ef70c..beadc51ba4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_1.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_1.rst
@@ -1,33 +1,5 @@
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+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
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 DPDK Release 2.1
 ================
@@ -98,7 +70,7 @@ New Features
   * In UIO, the RX interrupt shares the same vector with other
     interrupts. When the RX interrupt and LSC interrupt are both enabled, only
     the former is available.
-  * RX interrupt is only implemented for the linuxapp target.
+  * RX interrupt is only implemented for the linux target.
   * The feature is only currently enabled for tow PMDs: ixgbe and igb.
 
 
@@ -293,6 +265,15 @@ New Features
   series of 10G/40G adapters.
 
 
+* **Enhanced support for Mellanox ConnectX-3 driver (mlx4).**
+
+  *  Support Mellanox OFED 3.0.
+  *  Improved performance for both RX and TX operations.
+  *  Better link status information.
+  *  Outer L3/L4 checksum offload support.
+  *  Inner L3/L4 checksum offload support for VXLAN.
+
+
 * **Enabled VMXNET3 vlan filtering.**
 
   Added support for the VLAN filter functionality of the VMXNET3 interface.
@@ -522,7 +503,7 @@ Resolved Issues
 
 * **eal/linux: Fix irq handling with igb_uio.**
 
-  Fixed an issue where the the introduction of ``uio_pci_generic`` broke
+  Fixed an issue where the introduction of ``uio_pci_generic`` broke
   interrupt handling with igb_uio.
 
   Fixes: c112df6875a5 ("eal/linux: toggle interrupt for uio_pci_generic")
@@ -931,6 +912,9 @@ Resolved Issues
   improve performance.
 
 
+* **mlx4: Fix compilation as a shared library and on 32 bit platforms.**
+
+
 * **mlx4: Fix possible crash on scattered mbuf allocation failure.**
 
   Fixes issue where failing to allocate a segment, ``mlx4_rx_burst_sp()``