diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 * split can now handle --bytes=N and --lines=N with N=2^31 or more.
 * `kill -t' now prints signal descriptions (not `?') on systems like Tru64
   with __sys_siglist but no strsignal function.
+* stat.c now compiles on Ultrix systems
 * mv now removes `a' in this example on all systems: touch a; ln a b; mv a b
 
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