diff --git a/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.3.rst b/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.3.rst
index 1fb6d8ec65f4f7e0f7df36cca69376fba371ea9d..cd99c3e4cd4b25d30f978e2ea2e08a07b1d0c2dc 100644
--- a/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.3.rst
+++ b/doc/source/pre/whatsnew/1.3.rst
@@ -151,3 +151,10 @@ provided site, but of it's image in the fundamental domain.
 
 This change is documented here for completeness.  We expect that the vast
 majority of users of Kwant will not be affected by it.
+
+Plotting currents with plotter.current
+--------------------------------------
+Quantities defined on system hoppings (e.g. currents calculated using
+`~kwant.operator.current`) can be directly plotted as a streamplot over the
+system using `kwant.plotter.current`. This is similar to how
+`kwant.plotter.map` can be used to plot quantities defined on sites.