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@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ For details see the controller_manager section.
 * Pass controller manager update rate on the init of the controller interface  (`#1141 <https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_control/pull/1141>`_)
 * A method to get node options to setup the controller node #api-breaking (`#1169 <https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_control/pull/1169>`_)
 * Export state interfaces from the chainable controller #api-breaking (`#1021 <https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_control/pull/1021>`_)
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-  * All chainable controllers must implement the method ``export_state_interfaces`` to export the state interfaces, similar to ``export_reference_interfaces`` method that is exporting the reference interfaces.
+* All chainable controllers must implement the method ``export_state_interfaces`` to export the state interfaces, similar to ``export_reference_interfaces`` method that is exporting the reference interfaces.
 
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@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@ hardware_interface
 
 * Soft limits are also parsed from the URDF into the ``HardwareInfo`` structure for the defined joints (`#1488 <https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_control/pull/1488>`_)
 * Access to logger and clock through ``get_logger`` and ``get_clock`` methods in ResourceManager and HardwareComponents ``Actuator``, ``Sensor`` and ``System`` (`#1585 <https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_control/pull/1585>`_)
+* Added ``get_hardware_info`` method to the hardware components interface to access the ``HardwareInfo`` instead of accessing the variable ``info_`` directly (`#1643 <https://github.com/ros-controls/ros2_control/pull/1643>`_)
 
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