diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 7bae695df..fe657ce70 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ New user-visible features
 
 Bugs fixed
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+ - bug 1485 - Setting global properties in config file (raw text) does
+              not have any effect
 
 Known issues
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