diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4135b4cd598864796de430b2fd9ace85a58be561..cc78cea8aa6f4643d3fd8179d65b01bb29f54856 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
     the accounting.
  -- Clear node's POWER_SAVE flag if configuration changes to one lacking a
     ResumeProgram.
+ -- Extend a job's time limit as appropriate due to delays powering up idle
+    nodes.
+ -- If sbatch is used to launch a job step within an existing allocation (as
+    used by LSF) and the required node is powered down, print the message
+    "Job step creation temporarily disabled, retrying", sleep, and retry.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 2.0.0-rc1
 ==============================
diff --git a/src/sbatch/sbatch.c b/src/sbatch/sbatch.c
index b715bb331cdf4ef5a87ebe1606330df08eea9b99..752a511798c81eb2fc4fb16593d3d1338540bf14 100644
--- a/src/sbatch/sbatch.c
+++ b/src/sbatch/sbatch.c
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		if (retries)
 			debug(msg);
+		else if (errno == ESLURM_NODES_BUSY)
+			info(msg);	/* Not an error, powering up nodes */
 		else
 			error(msg);
 		sleep (++retries);