diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS
index b311c4cd1..b48c8e411 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/NEWS
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@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Changes in release 3.17:
+[3.16a]
+* install accepts new option, --preserver-timestamps
 * du --megabytes --total now shows total in megabytes
 * touch -d DATE now works on Unicos
 * du accepts new option --max-depth=N