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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 113b30a02..f1255eabb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -477,6 +477,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   join --header now skips the ordering check for the first line
   even if the other file is empty.  [bug introduced in coreutils-8.5]
 
+  join -v2 now ensures the default output format prints the match field
+  at the start of the line when it is different to the match field for
+  the first file. [bug present in "the beginning".]
+
   rm -f no longer fails for EINVAL or EILSEQ on file systems that
   reject file names invalid for that file system.