From 342d2743787c6dd467dc90f62177d8024ca1ad70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bouwe Andela <b.andela@esciencecenter.nl>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:27:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add whatsnew

---
 docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
index 7325630f22..3f6dc6e8af 100644
--- a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
+++ b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
 🚀 Performance Enhancements
 ===========================
 
-#. N/A
+#. `@bouweandela`_ made loading :class:`~iris.cube.Cube`s from NetCDF files
+   faster. (:pull:`6229`)
 
 
 🔥 Deprecations