diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [5.0]
+* false --help now exits nonzero
 
 [4.5.12]
 * printf no longer treats \x specially when POSIXLY_CORRECT is set