diff --git a/docs/release-notes/v0.7.0.rst b/docs/release-notes/v0.7.0.rst
index 9420631a56..3c7488271c 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/v0.7.0.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes/v0.7.0.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Important Notes
 * A ``pyhf.default_backend`` has been added that is configurable through a
   ``default`` kwarg in :func:`pyhf.set_backend`.
   (PR :pr:`1646`)
+* :class:`pyhf.readxml` now supports reading of XML configurations with absolute paths.
+  To support this, ``pyhf xlm2json`` now has ``-v/--mount`` options.
+  (PR :pr:`1909`)
 * Performance in :class:`pyhf.readxml` is increased by improvements to
   :func:`pyhf.readxml.import_root_histogram`.
   (PR :pr:`1691`)
@@ -93,8 +96,8 @@ Python API
       >>> jax.jacrev(jax.jit(example_op))([2.0])
       [DeviceArray([24.], dtype=float64, weak_type=True)]
 
-* A ``validate`` kwarg has been added to :func:`pyhf.workspace.Workspace` to allow
-  skipping validation.
+* A ``validate`` kwarg has been added to :func:`pyhf.workspace.Workspace` and
+  :func:`pyhf.pdf.Model` to allow skipping validation.
   (PR :pr:`1646`)
   This should only be used by expert users who understand the risks.
 
@@ -106,6 +109,29 @@ Python API
    - :func:`pyhf.tensorlib.percentile`
      (PR :pr:`817`)
 
+* :class:`pyhf.readxml` now supports reading of XML configurations with absolute paths.
+  (PR :pr:`1909`)
+
+CLI API
+~~~~~~~
+
+* The ``pyhf xlm2json`` CLI API now has a ``-v/--mount`` option to support reading
+  XML configurations with absolute paths.
+  (PR :pr:`1909`)
+  Similar to Docker volume mounts, the options allows a user to pass two fields
+  separated by a colon (``:``).
+  The first field is a local path and the second field is the absolute path specified
+  in the XML configuration to be substituted.
+  Without the ``-v/--mount`` option a user would have to manually edit the absolute
+  path in each XML file it appeared in!
+
+  .. code:: console
+
+      pyhf xml2json \
+          --mount /local/path/to/workspace:/absolute/path/to/replace/inside/xml \
+          --output-file workspace.json \
+          workspace/analysis_config.xml
+
 Deprecations
 ------------
 
diff --git a/src/pyhf/cli/rootio.py b/src/pyhf/cli/rootio.py
index d1312c2641..053304f381 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/cli/rootio.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/cli/rootio.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def cli():
 @click.option(
     '-v',
     '--mount',
-    help='Consists of two fields, separated by a colon character ( : ). The first field is the local path to where files are located, the second field is the path where the file or directory are saved in the XML configuration. This is similar in spirit to docker.',
+    help='Consists of two fields, separated by a colon character ( : ). The first field is the local path to where files are located, the second field is the path where the file or directory are saved in the XML configuration. This is similar in spirit to Docker.',
     type=VolumeMountPath(exists=True, resolve_path=True, path_type=Path),
     default=None,
     multiple=True,