diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.9.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.9.txt
index bca875803c..903464a361 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.9.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.9.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ Django 1.7.9 fixes several bugs in 1.7.8.
 
 * Prevented the loss of ``null``/``not null`` column properties during field
   renaming of MySQL databases (:ticket:`24817`).
+
+* Fixed ``SimpleTestCase.assertRaisesMessage()`` on Python 2.7.10
+  (:ticket:`24903`).
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.3.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.3.txt
index dc5edbcb9e..653df608cc 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.3.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.3.txt
@@ -59,3 +59,6 @@ Bugfixes
   results (:ticket:`24924`).
 
 * Fixed usage of transforms in subqueries (:ticket:`24744`).
+
+* Fixed ``SimpleTestCase.assertRaisesMessage()`` on Python 2.7.10
+  (:ticket:`24903`).