diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ tty device.  Previously in this situation it was line-buffered.
 
 * Changes to Scheme functions and syntax
 
-** New procedures: close-input-port, close-output-port
+** close-input-port and close-output-port are now R5RS
 
-These are R5RS procedures.
+These procedures have been turned into primitives and have R5RS behaviour.
 
 ** New procedure: simple-format PORT MESSAGE ARG1 ...
 
diff --git a/ice-9/ChangeLog b/ice-9/ChangeLog
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--- a/ice-9/ChangeLog
+++ b/ice-9/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-04-16  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@thalamus.nada.kth.se>
+
+	* r4rs.scm (close-input-port, close-output-port): Removed.
+
 2000-04-13  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@thalamus.nada.kth.se>
 
 	* session.scm (help): New macro.  Prints helpful information.