diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
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@@ -37,5 +37,7 @@ about the usage and features of the rule designer.
 
 ### External Contributions
 
+* [#1970](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1970): \[java] DoubleBraceInitialization: Fix example - [Tobias Weimer](https://github.com/tweimer)
+
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