diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 60c582ce05d77dbcb5df1c21b2ca4ed819cc6f6d..d6fee2a40c3dc742addf3aff8c01bb0177bf8dca 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and administrators.
     differ.
  -- Use the slurm_getpwuid_r wrapper of getpwuid_r to handle possible
     interrupts.
+ -- Allow --ignore-pbs to take effect when read as an #SBATCH argument.
 
 * Changes in Slurm 14.03.11
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