diff --git a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
index 63c96f8962..a2c793a86f 100644
--- a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
+++ b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
 #. `@trexfeathers`_ encouraged contributors to include type hinting in code
    they are working on - :ref:`code_formatting`. (:pull:`4390`)
 
+#. `@wjbenfold`_ clarified behaviour of :func:`iris.load` in :ref:`userguide loading section
+   <loading_iris_cubes>`. (:pull:`4462`)
+
 
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