diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 2007-08-11  Ludovic Courtès  <ludo@gnu.org>
 
-	* NEWS: Mention SRFI-35.
+	* NEWS: Mention SRFI-35 and the new reader.
 
 2007-08-08  Ludovic Courtès  <ludo@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Changes in 1.8.3 (since 1.8.2)
 
 * Implementation improvements
 
+** The reader is now faster, which reduces startup time
 ** Procedures returned by `record-accessor' and `record-modifier' are faster