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index 3bc382a247e03553a222994b572848a5f8f86832..0c94d0cb484a24a8bd6dd8dbb1381739bb10b4a0 100644
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
     slurmdbd.
  -- Fixed race condition when reconfiguring the slurmctld and using the 
     consumable resources plugin which would cause the controller to core.
+ -- Fixed race condition that sometimes caused jobs to stay in completing
+    state longer than necessary after being terminated.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 2.0.4
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