diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS
index 00963d2ef..8c0c33def 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/NEWS
+++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Changes in release 3.17:
 [3.16u]
+* mv now fails (as it should) upon attempt to move a directory into itself
 * `cp -a --one-file-system' now copies any mount point directories it
   encounters on the selected file system.
 [3.16t]