diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e6a6c5e42..ac14165bb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2010-10-02  Peter Stephenson  <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
 
+	* unposted: NEWS: note HIST_LEX_WORDS option.
+
 	* 28310 with 28308 (Bart): Doc/Zsh/options.yo, Src/hist.c,
 	Src/options.c, Src/zsh.h: HIST_LEX_WORDS option and check
 	for full history file read.
@@ -13693,5 +13695,5 @@
 
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 * This is used by the shell to define $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
-* $Revision: 1.5092 $
+* $Revision: 1.5093 $
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2e5365067..b5dd7bd70 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ The (D) flag in parameter expansion abbreviates directories in the
 substituted value.  The (q-) flag does minimal shell quotation of arguments
 for maximum human readability of the result.
 
+The new shell option HIST_LEX_WORDS causes history lines read in from
+a file to be split in the same way as normal shell lines, instead of
+simply on whitespace.  It's an option as although the result is more
+accurate it can take a long time when the history size is large.
+
 The new shell option SOURCE_TRACE causes the shell to report files
 containing shell code that the shell executes directly, i.e. startup files
 or files run with the `source' or `.' builtins.