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@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   You can select the default level of POSIX conformance at configure-time,
   e.g., by ./configure DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION=199209
 
+  touch -r now specifies the origin for any relative times in the -d
+  operand, if both options are given.  For example, "touch -r FOO -d
+  '-5 seconds' BAR" sets BAR's modification time to be five seconds
+  before FOO's.
+
 ** Bug fixes
 
   fold -s works once again on systems with differing sizes for int and size_t