diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml
index 2781cee36148..6d9f9412b625 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml
@@ -23,5 +23,17 @@
         <command>wmii-hg</command> package.
     </para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
+
+  <listitem><para>Gitit! Is no longer automatically added to the module list in
+    NixOS and as such there will not be any manual entries for it. You will need to
+    add an import statement to your nixos configuration in order to use it. As
+    an example adding:
+    <programlisting><![CDATA[
+    {
+      imports = [ <nixos/modules/services/misc/gitit.nix> ];
+    }
+    ]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    Will include the gitit service configuration options.
 </para>
 </section>
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 214829ded5c7..b03f4494522b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
   ./services/misc/etcd.nix
   ./services/misc/felix.nix
   ./services/misc/folding-at-home.nix
-  ./services/misc/gitit.nix
+  #./services/misc/gitit.nix
   ./services/misc/gitlab.nix
   ./services/misc/gitolite.nix
   ./services/misc/gpsd.nix