diff --git a/CODE_OWNERS.TXT b/CODE_OWNERS.TXT
index c0795d63c03..071f6c85e5b 100644
--- a/CODE_OWNERS.TXT
+++ b/CODE_OWNERS.TXT
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ D: Windows parts of Support, Object, ar, nm, objdump, ranlib, size
 N: Tom Stellard
 E: thomas.stellard@amd.com
 E: mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org
-D: R600 Backend
+D: Release manager for the 3.5 branch, R600 Backend
 
 N: Evgeniy Stepanov
 E: eugenis@google.com