Fix #1675
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index e4daee4..8ebbeb8 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 2.10.0 (not yet released)
 
+#1675: Remove "impossible" `IOException` in `readTree()` and `readValue()` `ObjectMapper`
+  methods which accept Strings
+ (requested by matthew-pwnieexpress@github)
 #2059: Remove `final` modifier for `TypeFactory`
  (requested by Thibaut R)
 #2115: Support naive deserialization of `Serializable` values as "untyped", same