diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3745003..9d39117 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Changes from 0.12 to 0.13
 
 * Added Motorola 680X0 / NXP ColdFire port (m68k).
 
+* Added support for building for bare-metal targets with newlib via
+  make FREESTANDING=yes.  Other OS are also supported (for example,
+  the m68k freestanding port was tested on AmigaOS), PowerPC requires
+  kernel assistance and cannot be built with FREESTANDING=yes.
+
 Changes from 0.11 to 0.12
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