diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5e2027c5ef42239618be1850a59e1cf47e96f756..8ef496dbccb1a6d622081c1d2ec209a2cf9e8cd3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
     nodes are configured in multiple leaf switches.
  -- Patch from Matthieu Hautreux for backup mysql deamon support.
  -- Changed DbdBackup to DbdBackupHost for slurmdbd.conf file
+ -- Add support for spank_strerror() function and improve error handling in
+    general for SPANK plugins.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.4.0-pre13
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