diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
index 802d16cc5c..1bf93468ef 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
@@ -343,11 +343,20 @@ Management Commands
   Django takes this information from your settings file. If you have configured
   multiple caches or multiple databases, all cache tables are created.
 
-* The :djadmin:`runserver` command now uses ``inotify`` Linux kernel signals
-  for autoreloading if ``pyinotify`` is installed.
+* The :djadmin:`runserver` command received several improvements:
 
-* The :djadmin:`runserver` command is now restarted when a translation file is
-  changed.
+  * On BSD systems, including OS X, the development server will reload
+    immediately when a file is changed. Previously, it was polling the
+    filesystem for changes every second. That caused a small delay before
+    reloads and reduced battery life on laptops.
+
+  * On Linux, the same improvements are available when pyinotify_ is
+    installed.
+
+    .. _pyinotify: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyinotify
+
+  * Besides, the development server automatically reloads when a translation
+    file is updated, ie. after running :djadmin:`compilemessages`.
 
 Models
 ^^^^^^