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@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - Nix has been updated to version 2.4, reference its [release notes](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-2-4-released/15822) for more information on what has changed. The previous version of Nix, 2.3.16, remains available for the time being in the `nix_2_3` package.
 
-- `iptables` now uses `nf_tables` backend.
+- `iptables` is now using `nf_tables` under the hood, by using `iptables-nft`,
+  similar to [Debian](https://wiki.debian.org/nftables#Current_status) and
+  [Fedora](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/iptables-nft-default).
+  This means, `ip[6]tables`, `arptables` and `ebtables` commands  will actually
+  show rules from some specific tables in the `nf_tables` kernel subsystem.
+
+- systemd got an `nftables` backend, and configures (networkd) rules in their
+  own `io.systemd.*` tables. Check `nft list ruleset` to see these rules, not
+  `iptables-save` (which only shows `iptables`-created rules.
 
 - PHP now defaults to PHP 8.0, updated from 7.4.