diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5639c27eae064185282cc43887ea4ee801da1154..bad201544bfb04c516a87cc6a26a8ffc45d5a726 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
  -- Add web page description for proctrack plugin.
  -- Add new function slurm_job_warn() to notify when a job's time limit approches
     (not yet fully implemented).
+ -- JobAcct plugin renamed from "log" to "linux" in preparation for support of 
+    new system types. 
+    WARNING: "JobAcctType=jobacct/log" is no longer supported.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.1.0-pre2
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