diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 99647e32625..c4d59908c67 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #67792 (HTTP Authorization schemes are treated as case-sensitive).
     (cmb)
   . Fixed bug #80972 (Memory exhaustion on invalid string offset). (girgias)
+  . Removed log_errors_max_len ini directive from default ini files, since it
+    no longer had any effect since PHP 8.0.0. (Michael Voříšek)
 
 - FTP:
   . Fixed bug #80901 (Info leak in ftp extension). (cmb)
diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING
index 1fbe212dc81..08505dc5c81 100644
--- a/UPGRADING
+++ b/UPGRADING
@@ -1124,6 +1124,10 @@ PHP 8.0 UPGRADE NOTES
   . New INI directive to choose the version of the .NET framework to use for
     dotnet objects.
 
+- log_errors_max_len
+  . INI directive for setting the maximum length of log_errors in bytes no
+    longer has any effect and has been removed.
+
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 12. Windows Support
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