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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0fe92145b..4b35b36af 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	(show_date): Use new fprintftime function rather than xanstrftime.
 	Correct comment: this function no longer handles a NULL format string.
 	* src/du.c: Likewise.
+	* NEWS: Mention this.
 
 	* tests/misc/date (subfmt-up1): Test the combination of the
 	to-upper-case modifier (^) and a conversion specifier that
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 52e1d28af..b5d9987c4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
   "pr -D FORMAT" now accepts the same formats that "date +FORMAT" does.
 
+** Improved robustness
+
+  Date no longer needs to allocate virtual memory to do its job,
+  so it can no longer fail due to an out-of-memory condition,
+  no matter how large the result.
+
 ** Improved portability
 
   hostid now prints exactly 8 hexadecimal digits, possibly with leading zeros,