diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 08bafd0b1..459d10c98 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
-  ln works again on old systems without O_DIRECTORY support (like Solaris 10).
+  ln works again on old systems without O_DIRECTORY support (like Solaris 10),
+  and on systems where symlink ("x", ".") fails with errno == EINVAL
+  (like Solaris 10 and Solaris 11).
   [bug introduced in coreutils-8.31]