diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cad5eee38..aff6a4250 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -883,6 +883,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   However, with the above change to %X, %Y and %Z, we've made %W work
   the same way as the others.
 
+  stat gained support for several printf-style flags, such as %'s for
+  listing sizes with the current locale's thousands separator.
+
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.6 (2010-10-15) [stable]
 
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 6703dfe33..04c8a8a05 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 2f50e9d959cf22ba3449426e68d9d2c3
+old_NEWS_hash = 6ae04dc3907ea1290f12e6b1507cc42c
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_program =/'