diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 902f6017196..0627e2ec0d6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug GH-15851 (Segfault when printing backtrace during cleanup of
     nested generator frame). (ilutov)
   . Fixed bug GH-15866 (Core dumped in Zend/zend_generators.c). (Arnaud)
+  . Fixed bug GH-16188 (Assertion failure in Zend/zend_exceptions.c). (Arnaud)
 
 - DOM:
   . Fixed bug GH-16039 (Segmentation fault (access null pointer) in