diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 821c3bb13e0a147cadbaaec17c4f3daa616114da..e551bdaff5c66ae6370e856add237272a1e8d9bb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
     your code.
  -- salloc's --wait=<secs> option deprecated by --immediate=<secs> option to 
     match the srun command.
+ -- Add new slurmctld list for node features with node bitmaps for simplified
+    scheduling logic.
  -- Multiple features can be specified when creating a reservation. Use "&" 
-    (AND) or "|" (OR) separators between the feature names.
+    (AND) or "|" (OR) separators between the feature names. 
 
 * Changes in SLURM 2.1.0-pre1
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