diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/development.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/development.rst
index 179c983..b003dfa 100644
--- a/docs/source/whatsnew/development.rst
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/development.rst
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ Other new features
   ``NbConvertBase.default_language`` is deprecated. Nbconvert now respects
   metadata stored in the :ref:`kernel spec <kernelspecs>`.
 
+* IPython can now be configured systemwide, with files in :file:`/etc/ipython`
+  or :file:`/usr/local/etc/ipython` on Unix systems,
+  or :file:`{%PROGRAMDATA%}\\ipython` on Windows.
+
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