diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 28a995a716..0629dd6a66 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ version 1.0.
 - Add missing C++ methods: MPI::Datatype::Create_indexed_block,
   MPI::Datatype::Create_resized, MPI::Datatype::Get_true_extent.
 - Fix OSX linker issue with Fortran bindings.
+- Fixed MPI_COMM_SPAWN to start spawning new processes in slots that
+  (according to Open MPI) are not already in use.  
 - Added capability to "mpirun a.out" (without specifying -np) that
   will run on all currently-allocated resources (e.g., within a batch
   job such as SLURM, Torque, etc.).
@@ -141,6 +143,8 @@ version 1.0.
 - Added new command line options to mpirun:
   --nolocal: Do not run any MPI processes on the same node as mpirun
     (compatibility with the OSC mpiexec launcher)
+  --nooversubscribe: Abort if the number of processes requested would
+    cause oversubscription
   --quiet / -q: do not show spurious status messages
   --version / -V: show the version of Open MPI
 - Fix bus error in XGrid process starter.  Thanks to Frank from the