From 267190a9feb9f84cb8e6ba40ca9041665e555110 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ariana Barzinpour <ariana.barzinpour@ga.gov.au>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 02:03:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] update whats_new

---
 docs/about/whats_new.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/docs/about/whats_new.rst b/docs/about/whats_new.rst
index c689934e5..036159269 100644
--- a/docs/about/whats_new.rst
+++ b/docs/about/whats_new.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ v1.9.next
 =========
 
 - Fix typos in docs (:pull:`1577`)
+- Merge in 1.8.x branch changes. (:pull:`1568`, :pull:`1579`)
 
 v1.9.0-rc4 (15th April 2024)
 ============================