diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.1.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.1.txt
index b0bcbbfeea..31e66d8c1a 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.1.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ Bugfixes
 * Fixed a migration crash when renaming the target model of a many-to-many
   relation (:ticket:`24725`).
 
+* Removed flushing of the test database with :djadminopt:`--keepdb`, which
+  prevented apps with data migrations from using the option (:ticket:`24729`).
+
 Optimizations
 =============