doc/devel/release.html | 7 +++++++

diff --git a/doc/devel/release.html b/doc/devel/release.html
index e200844a155fc4a694f4b1c8b3bf8e6652a0e72f..805687ba1845287bba0a2a333ca7e71e6f109b07 100644
--- a/doc/devel/release.html
+++ b/doc/devel/release.html
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.8.5">Go
 1.8.5 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
 </p>
 
+<p>
+go1.8.6 (released 2018/01/22) includes the the same fix in <code>math/big</code>
+as Go 1.9.3 and was released at the same time.
+See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.8.6">Go
+1.8.6 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
+</p>
+
 <h2 id="go1.7">go1.7 (released 2016/08/15)</h2>
 
 <p>