diff --git a/docs/releases/1.10.6.txt b/docs/releases/1.10.6.txt
index 41a308bba825b..6c88d1a714104 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.10.6.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.10.6.txt
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed query expression date subtraction accuracy on PostgreSQL for
   differences large an a month (:ticket:`27856`).
+
+* Fixed a ``GDALException`` raised by ``GDALClose`` on GDAL >= 2.0
+  (:ticket:`27479`).