diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
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@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ GitHub community guidelines
 Add community guidelines for interaction on GitHub (:pull:`871`).
 Please familiarize yourself with these to foster an open and welcoming community!
 
-.. All changes
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+All changes
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+- Add option to :func:`.util.copy_model` from a non-default location of model files (:pull:`877`).
 
 .. _v3.9.0: