--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -269,10 +269,12 @@
  ** The kurtosis function has changed definition to be compatible with 
     Matlab.  It now returns the base kurtosis instead of the "excess kurtosis".
     The old behavior can be had by changing scripts to normalize with -3.
+
                "excess kurtosis" = kurtosis (x) - 3
 
  ** The default name of the Octave crash dump file is now 
-    "octave-workspace" instead of "octave-core".
+    "octave-workspace" instead of "octave-core".  The exact name can
+    always be customized with the octave_core_file_name function.
 
  ** A citation command has been added to display information on how to
     cite Octave and packages in publications.  The package system will