diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/0.8.4.txt b/docs/source/whatsnew/0.8.4.txt
index a55df6fe..b5942387 100644
--- a/docs/source/whatsnew/0.8.4.txt
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/0.8.4.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ Documentation
 * Added reference docs for Asset Metadata APIs. (:issue:`864`).
 * Generated documentation now includes links to source code for many classes
   and functions. (:issue:`864`).
+* Added platform-specific documentation describing how to find binary
+  dependencies. (:issue:`883`).
 
 Miscellaneous
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