diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 738a5b213f62283207185b8335271333bf6b4315..7bad1780d27767bdedb71e7f6afada9176a72125 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
  -- Fixed issue in accounting when removing associations after they have 
     been around more than a day and then adding them back later.
  -- Added spank_get_item support for field S_STEP_CPUS_PER_TASK.
+ -- Make corrections in spank_get_item for field S_JOB_NCPUS, previously 
+    reported task count rather than CPU count.
  -- Convert configuration parameter PrivateData from on/off flag to have
     separate flags for job, partition, and node data. See "man slurm.conf"
     for details.