diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.rst b/docs/releases/1.8.rst
index d3e33a1cfa..48ef138376 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ What's new
 ==========
 
 
+New page privacy options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Previously users with publishing permissions were able to make a page available by password. Now they also can make the page to be accessible to logged-in users or to users from specific groups. This feature was developed by Matt Westcott.
+
+See: :ref:`private_pages`
+
+
 Minor features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -40,4 +48,4 @@ Upgrade considerations
 ``wagtail.wagtailimages.models.get_image_model`` has moved
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The ``get_image_model`` function should now be imported from ``wagtail.wagtailimages`` rather than ``wagtail.wagtailimages.models``. See :ref:`custom_image_model_referring_to_image_model`.
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+The ``get_image_model`` function should now be imported from ``wagtail.wagtailimages`` rather than ``wagtail.wagtailimages.models``. See :ref:`custom_image_model_referring_to_image_model`.