diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS
index bb9807a24..f077bf1c2 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/NEWS
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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Changes in release 4.1:
 [4.0q]
+* `du some-other-dir' no longer fails if it can't open the current directory
 * `mv DIR EXISTING-FILE' no longer removes EXISTING-FILE.  Now it gets an error
   as POSIX says it must.
 * touch no longer hangs on fifos