diff --git a/doc/releases/migration-guide-4.2.rst b/doc/releases/migration-guide-4.2.rst
index d1340c0b6f9..28f67c1231f 100644
--- a/doc/releases/migration-guide-4.2.rst
+++ b/doc/releases/migration-guide-4.2.rst
@@ -718,6 +718,9 @@ Video
   size on a per driver basis. Existing applications will not be broken by this change but can be
   simplified as performed in the sample in the commit ``33dcbe37cfd3593e8c6e9cfd218dd31fdd533598``.
 
+* Samples and projects using the :ref:`native simulator <native_sim>` now require specifying the
+  ``--snippet`` :ref:`video-sw-generator <snippet-video-sw-generator>` to build correctly.
+
 Audio
 =====
 
diff --git a/doc/releases/release-notes-4.2.rst b/doc/releases/release-notes-4.2.rst
index 7adfabd7506..bdebeee4c54 100644
--- a/doc/releases/release-notes-4.2.rst
+++ b/doc/releases/release-notes-4.2.rst
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ New APIs and options
   * :c:func:`video_api_ctrl_t`
   * :c:func:`video_query_ctrl`
   * :c:func:`video_print_ctrl`
+  * :ref:`video-sw-generator <snippet-video-sw-generator>`
 
 * PCIe