diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/5.3.0.rst b/docs/releasenotes/5.3.0.rst
index c56b23646..5a1019aaa 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes/5.3.0.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes/5.3.0.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ these lines looked unsightly. There is now an additional optional argument,
 ``joint``, defaulting to ``None``. When it is set to ``curved``, the joints
 between the lines will become rounded.
 
+ImageOps.pad
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+While ``ImageOps.fit`` allows users to crop images to a requested aspect ratio
+and size, new method ``ImageOps.pad`` pads images to fill a requested aspect
+ratio and size, filling new space with a provided ``color`` and positioning the
+image within the new area through a ``centering`` argument.
 
 Other Changes
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