diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index f0bafb8dd..046b84de4 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-03-28  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.9): Add "new API" paragraph.
+
 2011-02-15  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Fix typo.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml
index e7777c588..f246daa32 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml
+++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 <sect1 id="ov-new1.7"><title>What's new and what changed in Cygwin 1.7</title>
 
+<sect2 id="ov-new1.7.9"><title>What's new and what changed from 1.7.8 to 1.7.9</title>
+
+<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
+
+<listitem><para>
+New API: strchrnul.
+</para></listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</sect2>
+
 <sect2 id="ov-new1.7.8"><title>What's new and what changed from 1.7.7 to 1.7.8</title>
 
 <itemizedlist mark="bullet">