diff --git a/releasenotes.txt b/releasenotes.txt
index 72c2bf5785d..0114862e68c 100644
--- a/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/releasenotes.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Release Notes for Cppcheck 2.17
 New checks:
 - staticFunction: detect functions that should have internal linkage since they
   are not used outside of their translation unit.
+- Check null pointer return from memory/resource allocation functions (nullPointerOutOfMemory, nullPointerArithmeticOutOfMemory, nullPointerOutOfResources, ctunullpointerOutOfMemory, ctunullpointerOutOfResources).
 
 Improved checking:
 -