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diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml
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+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,38 @@ new features:</para>
<varname>nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages</varname>.</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The Nix installer will no longer default to the Multi-User
+ installation for macOS. You can still <link
+ linkend="sect-multi-user-installation">instruct the installer to
+ run in multi-user mode</link>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The Nix installer now supports performing a Multi-User
+ installation for Linux computers which are running systemd. You
+ can <link
+ linkend="sect-multi-user-installation">select a Multi-User installation</link> by passing the
+ <option>--daemon</option> flag to the installer: <command>sh &lt;(curl
+ https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon</command>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The multi-user installer cannot handle systems with SELinux.
+ If your system has SELinux enabled, you can <link
+ linkend="sect-single-user-installation">force the installer to run
+ in single-user mode</link>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
+<para>
+ Multi-user Nix users on macOS can upgrade Nix by running
+ <command>sudo -i sh -c 'nix-channel --update &amp;&amp; nix-env -iA
+ nixpkgs.nix'; sudo launchctl stop org.nixos.nix-daemon; sudo
+ launchctl start org.nixos.nix-daemon</command>.
+</para>
+
<para>This release has contributions from
Adrien Devresse,