diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1cf33b39dc..1a51ce7eae 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,41 @@ This file contains the main features as well as overviews of specific
 bug fixes (and other actions) for each version of Open MPI since
 version 1.0.
 
+Trunk (not on release branches yet)
+-----------------------------------
+
+- Fixes for persistent requests involving MPI_PROC_NULL.  Thanks to
+  Lisandro Dalcin for reporting the problem.
+  --> Expected: 1.1.3
+- Fixes to MPI_TEST* and MPI_WAIT* for proper MPI exception reporting.
+  Thanks to Lisandro Dalcin for finding the issue.
+  --> Expected: 1.1.3
+- Various fixes for MPI generalized request handling; addition of
+  missing MPI::Grequest functionality to the C++ bindings.
+  --> Expected: 1.1.3 (possibly)
+- Massive performance improvements for MPI collectives on high-speed
+  networks.
+  --> Expected: 1.2
+- Print better error messages when mpirun's "-nolocal" is used when
+  there is only one node available.
+  --> Expected: 1.2
+- Much more scalable MPI process launch.
+  --> Expected: 1.2
+- Fixes for endian handling in MPI process startup.
+  --> Expected: 1.2
+- Much more reliable runtime support, particularly with regards to
+  cleanup in failure scenarios (e.g., MPI_ABORT, MPI processes
+  abnormally terminating, etc.).
+  --> Expected: 1.2
+- Added Microsoft Windows support.  See README.WINDOWS file for
+  details.
+  --> Expected: ???
+- Fixes to allow MPI::SEEK_* constants to be used in all cases
+  (regardless of whether user includes <stdio.h> or <iostream> or
+  not).
+  --> Expected: 1.2
+
+
 1.3
 ---
 
@@ -61,7 +96,6 @@ version 1.0.
   (not a C compiler that "sorta works" as a C++ compiler).
 - Properly check for local host only addresses properly, looking 
   for 127.0.0.0/8, rather than just 127.0.0.1.
-- Addition of UDAPL BTL ("udapl").
 
 
 1.1.3