diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8e5467e264d4a07c52e2b26ca0ee38edf112f46b..56bdcdb6af3413d9ca699ad7fd4adddc983cb341 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 This file describes changes in recent versions of SLURM. It primarily
 documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
 
+* Changes in SLURM 1.4.0-pre13
+==============================
+
 * Changes in SLURM 1.4.0-pre12
 ==============================
  -- Added support for hard time limit by associations with added configuration 
@@ -10,6 +13,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
  -- Added SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR to sbatch's output environment variables.
  -- Backup slurmdbd support implemented.
  -- Update to checkpoint/xlch logic from Hongjia Cao, NUDT.
+ -- Added configuration parameter AccountingStorageBackupHost.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.4.0-pre11
 ==============================
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index c401cc3000ddbc96d7d6bc1dd1e2c78a6021af85..1bff4ea96a61970b15717dc2b7f860035bca95f0 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ ACCOUNTING CHANGES
 * Added support for Workload Characterization Key (WCKey) in accounting 
   records. This is an optional string that can be used to identify the type of
   work being performed (in addition to user ID, account name, job name, etc.).
+* Added configuration parameter AccountingStorageBackupHost for fault-tolerance
+  in communications to SlurmDBD.
 
 OTHER CHANGES
 * Modify PMI_Get_clique_ranks() to return an array of integers rather