diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml
index 9bfa169ac5..0cf61977e7 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 <!--==================================================================-->
 
-<section xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.7"><title>Release 1.7 (TBA)</title>
+<section xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.7"><title>Release 1.7 (April 8, 2014)</title>
 
 <para>In addition to the usual bug fixes, this release has the
 following new features:</para>
@@ -225,6 +225,17 @@ $ bash &lt;(curl https://nixos.org/nix/install)
     </para>
   </listitem>
 
+  <listitem>
+    <para>More evaluation errors include position information. For
+    instance, selecting a missing attribute will print something like
+
+<screen>
+error: attribute `nixUnstabl' missing, at /etc/nixos/configurations/misc/eelco/mandark.nix:216:15
+</screen>
+
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+
   <listitem>
     <para>The command <command>nix-setuid-helper</command> is
     gone.</para>