diff --git a/doc/releases/release-notes-4.1.rst b/doc/releases/release-notes-4.1.rst
index 8513be30dba..72fad3fc194 100644
--- a/doc/releases/release-notes-4.1.rst
+++ b/doc/releases/release-notes-4.1.rst
@@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ Networking
 
 * Sockets:
 
+  * The deprecated :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_POSIX_NAMES` option has been removed.
+    It was a legacy option and was used to allow user to call BSD socket API while not enabling POSIX API.
+    This removal means that in order to use POSIX API socket calls, one needs to enable the
+    :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_POSIX_API` option.
+    If the application does not want or is not able to enable that option, then the socket API
+    calls need to be prefixed by a ``zsock_`` string.
+
 * Syslog:
 
 * TCP: