diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index ecd3940641d..82670f40949 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-07-19  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention --enable-checking is now supported on Windows.
+
 2010-07-19  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
 
 	* refcards/orgcard.tex: Remove the key for the TODO sparse tree
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 8ea0b61c05b..a93baf36638 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ displayed with a "spinning bar".
 
 * Changes in Emacs 24.1 on non-free operating systems
 
+** New configure.bat option --enable-checking builds emacs with extra
+runtime checks.
+
 
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