diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e9a0045e76..486a133dcd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet)
   --enable-abi-breaking-fortran-status-i8-fix.  Thanks to Jim Parker
   for supplying the initial patch.
 - Add support for Intel Phi SCIF transport
+- For CUDA-aware MPI configured with CUDA 6.0, use new pointer
+  attribute to avoid extra synchronization in stream 0 when using
+  CUDA IPC between GPUs on the same node.
+- For CUDA-aware MPI configured with CUDA 6.0, compile in support
+  of GPU Direct RDMA in openib BTL to improve small message latency.
 
 
 1.7.3