diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 512f33e9b43d..7293a336c99c 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 14.x IS SLOW:
 	world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality
 	at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20210817:
+	As of commit 62ca9fc1ad56 OpenSSL no longer enables kernel TLS
+	by default.  Users can enable kernel TLS via the "KTLS" SSL
+	option.  This can be enabled globally by using a custom
+	OpenSSL config file via OPENSSL_CONF or via an
+	application-specific configuration option for applications
+	which permit setting SSL options via SSL_CONF_cmd(3).
+
 20210811:
 	Commit 3ad1e1c1ce20 changed the internal KAPI between the NFS
 	modules. Therefore, all need to be rebuilt from sources.