diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 84b115ac514521449d562a53857a3f0e85029459..fa14a1a99f561c6f229e7c27fc18c9f8f8511e0f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and administrators.
     for error condition rather than errno, which might have a vestigial error
     code.
  -- Improve information recording for jobs deferred due to advanced reservation.
+ -- Exports eio_new_initial_obj to the plugins and initialize kvs_seq on mpi/pmi2
+    setup to support launching.
 
 * Changes in Slurm 14.11.1
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