diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f11b91b57c5c7b14b6e51b3c28bb441e924b56db..f788d7802cd5ef7d9e525a1dadca0a6aadc02f41 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and administrators.
     slurmctld crashing.
  -- Fix priority/multifactor priorities on a slurmctld restart if not using
     accounting_storage/[mysql|slurmdbd].
+ -- Fix NULL dereference reported by CLANG.
 
 * Changes in Slurm 17.02.2
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