diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e88b922a4..828d31655 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-08-08  Ludovic Courtès  <ludo@gnu.org>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention changes to `record-accessor' and
+	`record-modifier'.
+
 2007-08-03  Ludovic Courtès  <ludo@gnu.org>
 
 	* configure.in: Use `build-aux' as `AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR', and `m4'
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 13f6f9f05..c1035f30a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Changes in 1.8.3 (since 1.8.2)
 
 ** Expressions like "(set! 'x #t)" no longer yield a crash
 
+* Implementation improvements
+
+** Procedures returned by `record-accessor' and `record-modifier' are faster
+
+
 
 Changes in 1.8.2 (since 1.8.1):