diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ PHP 4                                                                      NEWS
   . Disallow linkage of Berkeley db submodules against libraries with
     different major version.
   . Disallow configuring of more than one Berkeley db handler. 
+- Added "disable_classes" php.ini option to allow administrators to disable
+  certain classes for security reasons. (Harald)
 - Added man page for CLI version of PHP. (Marcus)
 - Added --clean option into phpize. (Jani)
 - Added --ldflags option into php-config. (Jani)