diff --git a/release_chef_11-12/includes_knife_node_run_list_add_options.rst b/release_chef_11-12/includes_knife_node_run_list_add_options.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f22cb2bcfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_chef_11-12/includes_knife_node_run_list_add_options.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.. The contents of this file are included in multiple topics.
+.. This file describes a command or a sub-command for Knife.
+.. This file should not be changed in a way that hinders its ability to appear in multiple documentation sets.
+
+
+This argument has the following options:
+
+``-a ITEM``, ``--after ITEM``
+   |after|
diff --git a/release_chef_11-12/source/release_notes.rst b/release_chef_11-12/source/release_notes.rst
index 996d8891b3..2e56e82bfd 100644
--- a/release_chef_11-12/source/release_notes.rst
+++ b/release_chef_11-12/source/release_notes.rst
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ knife client delete
 ``-D``, ``--delete-validators``
    |delete chef_validator|
 
+knife node run list add
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+``-b ITEM``, ``--before ITEM``
+   |before|
 
 |chef client| Options
 -----------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/swaps/swap_descriptions.txt b/swaps/swap_descriptions.txt
index de2b84601a..467cf081fb 100644
--- a/swaps/swap_descriptions.txt
+++ b/swaps/swap_descriptions.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 .. |backlog_connections| replace:: The maximum number of pending connections.
 .. |backups_kept| replace:: The number of backups to be kept. Set to ``false`` to prevent backups from being kept.
 .. |bandwidth_yum| replace:: The maximum amount of network bandwidth (in bytes).
+.. |before| replace:: Use this to add the run list item before the specified run list item.
 .. |before_fork| replace:: The object that is called by the master process before executing the |unicorn| binary.
 .. |before_migrate| replace:: A block of code (or a path to a file that contains code) that is run before a migration.
 .. |before_restart| replace:: A block of code (or a path to a file that contains code) that is run before restarting.