diff --git a/docs/releasenotes.html b/docs/releasenotes.html
index a3eee791c..0841042a7 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes.html
+++ b/docs/releasenotes.html
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@
           <li class="body">Error when writing a DOS file name from
           checkstyle-frames.xsl (bug 713845).</li>
 
+          <li class="body">Files were not being closed by
+          Utils.getLines().</li>
+
         </ul>
 
       <p class="body">