diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes
index 2a31ad54aa..9769c83e49 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes
+++ b/ReleaseNotes
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ to support nova-volume in favor of Cinder. A detailed list of meters covered
 per component can be found at:
   xxxx
 
+Quantum delete notifications do not include the same metadata as the other
+messages, so we ignore them for now. This isn't ideal, since it may mean we
+miss charging for some amount of time, but it is better than throwing away the
+existing metadata for a resource when it is deleted.
+
 The only tested and complete database backend is currently MongoDB, the 
 SQLAlchemy one is still work in progress.
 
diff --git a/doc/source/releasenotes/folsom.rst b/doc/source/releasenotes/folsom.rst
index c9b94cb9d2..e208d19410 100644
--- a/doc/source/releasenotes/folsom.rst
+++ b/doc/source/releasenotes/folsom.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ to support nova-volume in favor of Cinder. A detailed list of meters covered
 per component can be found at:
   xxxx
 
+Quantum delete notifications do not include the same metadata as the other
+messages, so we ignore them for now. This isn't ideal, since it may mean we
+miss charging for some amount of time, but it is better than throwing away the
+existing metadata for a resource when it is deleted.
+  
 The only tested and complete database backend is currently MongoDB, the
 SQLAlchemy one is still work in progress.