diff --git a/doc/kernel/drivers/index.rst b/doc/kernel/drivers/index.rst
index c1571edff32e3f..91255fa347bd50 100644
--- a/doc/kernel/drivers/index.rst
+++ b/doc/kernel/drivers/index.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ High-level calls accessed through device-specific APIs, such as
 :file:`i2c.h` or :file:`spi.h`, are usually intended as synchronous. Thus,
 these calls should be blocking.
 
+.. _device_driver_api:
+
 Driver APIs
 ***********
 
diff --git a/doc/releases/migration-guide-4.1.rst b/doc/releases/migration-guide-4.1.rst
index 82d438545d6371..da2240cb987ca7 100644
--- a/doc/releases/migration-guide-4.1.rst
+++ b/doc/releases/migration-guide-4.1.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ LVGL
 Device Drivers and Devicetree
 *****************************
 
+* Device driver APIs are placed into iterable sections (:github:`71773`) to allow for runtime
+  checking. See :ref:`device_driver_api` for more details.
+  The :c:macro:`DEVICE_API()` macro should be used by out-of-tree driver implementations for
+  the following driver classes:
+
+    * :c:struct:`adc_driver_api`
+
 Controller Area Network (CAN)
 =============================