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@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** New features
 
+  env and printenv now accept the option --null (-0), as a means to
+  avoid ambiguity with newlines embedded in the environment.
+
   md5sum --check now also accepts openssl-style checksums.
   So do sha1sum, sha224sum, sha384sum and sha512sum.