diff --git a/.github/styles/Kedro/ignore-names.txt b/.github/styles/Kedro/ignore-names.txt
index 663ce7d495..f9ae589049 100644
--- a/.github/styles/Kedro/ignore-names.txt
+++ b/.github/styles/Kedro/ignore-names.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Paricio
 Patel
 Peteris
 Pilla
+Puneet
 Rashida
 Ravi
 Richard
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 31b082842f..366ab3a5fd 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@
 * Methods `_is_project` and `_find_kedro_project` have been moved to `kedro.utils`. We recommend not using private methods in your code, but if you do, please update your code to use the new location.
 
 ## Documentation changes
+* Add missing description for `merge_strategy` argument in OmegaConfigLoader.
 
 ## Community contributions
 Many thanks to the following Kedroids for contributing PRs to this release:
 
 * [ondrejzacha](https://github.com/ondrejzacha)
+* [Puneet](https://github.com/puneeter)
 
 # Release 0.19.3
 
diff --git a/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py b/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py
index 229d6a4060..6b67e047b7 100644
--- a/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py
+++ b/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ def __init__(  # noqa: PLR0913
                 Can be overridden by supplying the `env` argument.
             custom_resolvers: A dictionary of custom resolvers to be registered. For more information,
              see here: https://omegaconf.readthedocs.io/en/2.3_branch/custom_resolvers.html#custom-resolvers
+            merge_strategy: A dictionary that specifies the merging strategy for each configuration type.
+             The accepted merging strategies are `soft` and `destructive`. Defaults to `destructive`.
         """
         self.base_env = base_env or ""
         self.default_run_env = default_run_env or ""