diff --git a/os/hal/src/hal_spi.c b/os/hal/src/hal_spi.c
index 1858f01c9..aae3bd8fa 100644
--- a/os/hal/src/hal_spi.c
+++ b/os/hal/src/hal_spi.c
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ void spiStart(SPIDriver *spip, const SPIConfig *config) {
 
 /**
  * @brief   Deactivates the SPI peripheral.
- * @note    Deactivating the peripheral also enforces a release of the slave
- *          select line.
  *
  * @param[in] spip      pointer to the @p SPIDriver object
  *
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 028b26b78..bc37bfaf3 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
 - EX:  Updated LIS302DL to 1.1.0 (backported to 18.2.1).
 - EX:  Updated LPS25H to 1.1.0 (backported to 18.2.1).
 - EX:  Updated LSM303DLHC to 1.1.0 (backported to 18.2.1).
+- HAL: Fixed documentation error in spiStop() (bug #966)(backported
+       to 18.2.2 and 17.6.5).
 - HAL: Fixed missing parenthesis in STM32L073 registry entry (bug #965)
        (backported to 18.2.2 and 17.6.5).
 - HAL: Fixed problem with STM32 RTCv1 and GCC7 compiler (bug #964)(backported