doc/devel/release.html | 8 ++++++++

diff --git a/doc/devel/release.html b/doc/devel/release.html
index c83616422ff1c780cacdc097689fba86f4b788c1..6c47949a0e3b4ca7cfe6b44b5da7c7fde2dfab22 100644
--- a/doc/devel/release.html
+++ b/doc/devel/release.html
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.11.7">Go
 1.11.7 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
 </p>
 
+<p>
+go1.11.8 (released 2019/04/08) fixes an issue where using the prebuilt binary
+releases on older versions of GNU/Linux
+<a href="https://golang/go/issues/31293">led to failures</a>
+when linking programs that used cgo.
+Only Linux users who hit this issue need to update.
+</p>
+
 <h2 id="go1.10">go1.10 (released 2018/02/16)</h2>
 
 <p>