diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/stack-traces-are-more-compact.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/stack-traces-are-more-compact.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..751465da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/stack-traces-are-more-compact.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+---
+synopsis: Stack traces are more compact
+prs: 9619
+---
+
+Stack traces printed with `--show-trace` are more compact.
+
+Before:
+
+```
+error:
+       … while evaluating the attribute 'body'
+
+         at /Users/wiggles/nix/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-assert.nix:4:3:
+
+            3|
+            4|   body = x "x";
+             |   ^
+            5| }
+
+       error: assertion '(arg == "y")' failed
+
+       at /Users/wiggles/nix/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-assert.nix:2:12:
+
+            1| let {
+            2|   x = arg: assert arg == "y"; 123;
+             |            ^
+            3|
+```
+
+After:
+
+```
+error:
+       … while evaluating the attribute 'body'
+         at /Users/wiggles/nix/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-assert.nix:4:3:
+            3|
+            4|   body = x "x";
+             |   ^
+            5| }
+
+       error: assertion '(arg == "y")' failed
+       at /Users/wiggles/nix/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-assert.nix:2:12:
+            1| let {
+            2|   x = arg: assert arg == "y"; 123;
+             |            ^
+            3|
+```
+
+This was actually released in Nix 2.20, but wasn't added to the release notes
+so we're announcing it here. The historical release notes have been updated as well.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.20.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.20.md
index 8ede168a4..4dd49c5ea 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.20.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.20.md
@@ -200,3 +200,22 @@
   while performing various operations (including `nix develop`, `nix flake
   update`, and so on). With several fixes to Nix's signal handlers, Nix
   commands will now exit quickly after Ctrl-C is pressed.
+
+- Blank lines have been removed from stack traces, rendering them more compact [#9619](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9619)
+
+  ```
+  error:
+         … while evaluating the attribute 'body'
+           at /Users/wiggles/nix/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-assert.nix:4:3:
+              3|
+              4|   body = x "x";
+               |   ^
+              5| }
+
+         error: assertion '(arg == "y")' failed
+         at /Users/wiggles/nix/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-assert.nix:2:12:
+              1| let {
+              2|   x = arg: assert arg == "y"; 123;
+               |            ^
+              3|
+  ```