diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index fec437ae6c91..50d6bbeb011b 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -8,16 +8,15 @@
 CMake
 
   - Change the default for `Trilinos_MUST_FIND_ALL_TPL_LIBS` from `OFF` to
-    `ON`. It was
-    turned off by default because it breaks backward compatibility but it also
-    causes problems for new users and new configurations.
+    `ON`. It was turned off by default because it breaks backward
+    compatibility but it also causes problems for new users and new
+    configurations.
 
     Users that do not want this new behavior can set
     `-D Trilinos_MUST_FIND_ALL_TPL_LIBS=OFF`, which is backward compatible.
 
   - Change the default for `Trilinos_USE_GNUINSTALLDIRS` from `OFF` to `ON`,
-    in the goal to
-    move Trilinos and TriBITS to modern CMake.
+    in the goal to move Trilinos and TriBITS to modern CMake.
 
     TriBITS has had the ability to use that paths selected by the standard
     CMake module `GNUInstallDirs.cmake` for a long time. But it is turned off
@@ -25,7 +24,14 @@ CMake
     sake of backward compatibility.
 
     This may break people's existing configurations because it will install
-    libs in `<prefix>/libs64/` instead of in `<instead>/libs/`. See
+    libs in `<prefix>/libs64/` instead of in `<prefix>/libs/` on many systems
+    (e.g. Linux systems).  To revert back to using `<prefix>/lib` but still
+    use `GNUInstallDirs.cmake` for Trilinos, set `-D
+    CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:STRING=lib`.  NOTE: The setting `-D
+    Trilinos_USE_GNUINSTALLDIRS=OFF` is deprecated and may be removed in the
+    future. (I.e. the usage of `GNUInstallDirs.cmake` may be hard-coded in the
+    future so please try adjusting to the usage of `GNUInstallDirs.cmake` by
+    Trilinos.)  See
     https://github.com/trilinos/Trilinos/issues/12104#issuecomment-1691945033
     for additional details and instructions.