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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2c49528ce..cd85135ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2010-12-16  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
 
+	* unposted: NEWS: add notes on (Z) parameter flag.
+
 	* unposted: README, Config/version.mk, Etc/FAQ.yo,
 	Completion/Debian/Command/.distfiles: update for 4.3.10-test-3.
 
@@ -13968,5 +13970,5 @@
 
 *****************************************************
 * This is used by the shell to define $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
-* $Revision: 1.5153 $
+* $Revision: 1.5154 $
 *****************************************************
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a20cc5263..073a8f2b1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ 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 (Z) flag in parameter expansion is an enhanced version of the (z)
+flag that takes an argument indicating how the string to be split
+is treated. (Z:c:) parses comments as strings; (Z:C:) parses comments
+and strips them; (Z:n:) treats newlines as ordinary whitespace: (z)
+has always treated unquoted newlines as shell delimiters and turned them
+into semicolons, though this was not previously documented.
+
 Numeric expansion with braces has been extended so that a step may be
 given, as in {3..9..2}.  The step may be negative as may the start and
 end of the range (this is also new).
@@ -91,8 +98,8 @@ The POSIX_JOBS option already referred to has various other
 compatibility enchancements.
 
 The new shell option POSIX_STRINGS makes a null character in $'...'
-expansion terminate the string.  This is not particularly useful
-behaviour but may become a POSIX requirement.
+expansion terminate the string, as is already the case in bash.  This is
+not particularly useful behaviour but may become a POSIX requirement.
 
 The new shell option POSIX_TRAPS causes the EXIT trap to behave in the same
 way as in other shells, i.e. it is only run when the shell exits.