diff --git a/docs/releases/1.9.3.txt b/docs/releases/1.9.3.txt
index a7c2b1eba5..1ce0096968 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.9.3.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.9.3.txt
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Reallowed dashes in top-level domain names of URLs checked by
   ``URLValidator`` to fix a regression in Django 1.8 (:ticket:`26204`).
+
+* Fixed some crashing deprecation shims in ``SimpleTemplateResponse`` that
+  regressed in Django 1.9 (:ticket:`26253`).