diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 61fd462f5e633b97e2790620a37232df680b86ad..245d6aa40100618022df8b39b90b5da55a7300a8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
  -- Fix in select/cons_res to eliminate "mem underflow" error when the
     slurmctld is reconfigured while a job is in completing state.
  -- Send a message to the a user's job when it's real or virual memory limit
-    is exceeded.
+    is exceeded. Patch from Hongjia Cao, NUDT.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 2.2.0.rc1
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