diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1.9.0.md b/docs/release-notes/1.9.0.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 ## New Features
 
 - During the Istio upgrade, Pods with the Istio sidecar proxies will now be divided into smaller groups and restarted in multiple reconciliations instead of all at once. This will increase the stability and reliability of the reconciliation for the Istio module's operator. See the [issue #155](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/issues/155).
-- Update the Istio version to 1.23.2 [#1024](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/pull/1024). Read [Istio 1.23.2 Release Announcement](https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.23.x/announcing-1.23.2/).
+- We've updated the Istio version to 1.23.2 ([#1024](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/pull/1024)). Read Istio 1.23.2 [Release Announcement](https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.23.x/announcing-1.23.2/) and Istio 1.23.0 [Change Notes](https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.23.x/announcing-1.23/change-notes/). 
+  Take note of the following breaking changes included in the new minor version of Istio:
+  - An experimental feature to enable cluster creation on worker threads inline during requests. This saves memory and CPU cycles in cases where there are lots of inactive clusters and more than one worker thread.
+  - Previously, the Envoy cluster metrics for services that did not have a `.svc.cluster.local` suffix
+    were incorrectly truncated and parsed. This was due to the fact that Envoy cluster metrics use dots "." as
+    a delimeter between metric namespaces, and it is impossible to properly distinguish between those
+    delimeters and the dots in hostnames/cluster names. To address this, the regex for parsing the cluster_name
+    has been updated to look for a semicolon to indicate the end of the cluster name. If you're using
+    the `inbound_cluster_stat_name` or `outbound_cluster_stat_name` fields in meshconfig, the semicolon
+    will be added automatically for you. If you have any dependency on the full stat name for cluster metrics,
+    you will need to update your monitoring system to account for this change.
+
+
+  If any of these changes are causing disruption to your applications and you require more time to make adjustments, consider enabling compatibility version of Istio 1.22. It reverts the new bahavior by applying the `ENABLE_DELIMITED_STATS_TAG_REGEX` and `ENABLE_DEFERRED_CLUSTER_CREATION` enavironment variables. See [Compatibility Version](https://kyma-project.io/#/istio/user/00-10-overview-istio-controller?id=compatibility-mode). 
diff --git a/docs/user/00-10-overview-istio-controller.md b/docs/user/00-10-overview-istio-controller.md
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@@ -104,16 +104,16 @@ To enable compatibility mode in the Istio module, you can set the **spec.compati
 
 The following Istio Pilot environment variables are applied when you set `spec.compatibilityMode: true` in Istio CR:
 
-| Name                                 | Value   |
-|--------------------------------------|---------|
-| **ENABLE_DELIMITED_STATS_TAG_REGEX** | `false` |
+| Name                                 | Value   | Description                                                                                    |
+|--------------------------------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **ENABLE_DELIMITED_STATS_TAG_REGEX** | `false` | Prevents Istio Pilot from using the new delimited stat tag regex to generate Envoy cluster metrics. |
 
 The following Istio Proxy environment variables are applied when you set `spec.compatibilityMode: true` in Istio CR:
 
-| Name                                 | Value   |
-|--------------------------------------|---------|
-| **ENABLE_DEFERRED_CLUSTER_CREATION** | `false` |
-| **ENABLE_DELIMITED_STATS_TAG_REGEX** | `false` |
+| Name                                 | Value   | Description                                                                                                 |
+|--------------------------------------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **ENABLE_DEFERRED_CLUSTER_CREATION** | `false` | Disables an experimental Envoy feature that optimizes Envoy configuration resources usage by inlining certain parts with already ongoing requests. |
+| **ENABLE_DELIMITED_STATS_TAG_REGEX** | `false` | Prevents Istio Proxy from using the new delimited stat tag regex to generate Envoy cluster metrics.              |
 
 > [!WARNING]
 > You can use the compatibility mode to retain the behavior of the current Istio version when a new version of the Istio module with a higher version of Istio is released. Then, the compatibility will be first set to a minor version lower than the one you are currently using. If this lower version’s behavior is not compatible with your current mesh setup, some configurations may be broken until the new release of the Istio module is rolled out.