diff --git a/doc/_templates/empty_sidebar.html b/doc/_templates/empty_sidebar.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ebb29fad4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/_templates/empty_sidebar.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div class="sidebar-empty"></div>
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 3805facbfbcc..ccde74304eb3 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -536,6 +536,10 @@ def js_tag_with_cache_busting(js):
         "cheatsheet_sidebar.html",
         "donate_sidebar.html",
     ],
+    # no sidebar for release notes, because that page is only a collection of links
+    # to sub-pages. The sidebar would repeat all the titles of the sub-pages and
+    # thus basically repeat all the content of the page.
+    "users/release_notes": ["empty_sidebar.html"],
     # '**': ['localtoc.html', 'pagesource.html']
 }