Update 2.16.9 release notes

Change-Id: I53623579e3f838e23076a3cbb403c855cf1427fa
diff --git a/pages/site/releases/2.16.md b/pages/site/releases/2.16.md
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 ### 2.16.9
 
+* Replication plugin: Fix internal server error when username or password not
+specified for remote.
+
+  The username and password are both optional, but the replication plugin
+  failed with a null pointer exception if either of them were omitted.
+
 * Don't send "GPG keys added" notification when no GPG keys were added.
 
   A GPG key update can include both addition and removal of GPG keys. The