diff --git a/docs/releases/1.11.4.txt b/docs/releases/1.11.4.txt
index 2cd093335e..9448611ecc 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.11.4.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.11.4.txt
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed a regression in pickling of ``LazyObject`` on Python 2 when the wrapped
   object doesn't have ``__reduce__()`` (:ticket:`28389`).
+
+* Fixed crash in ``runserver``'s ``autoreload`` with Python 2 on Windows with
+  non-``str`` environment variables (:ticket:`28174`).