diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS
index 5a9de8301..0cd8bff68 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/NEWS
+++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Changes in release 3.15:
 [3.14b]:
+* Using --program-prefix no longer applies the prefix twice
 * ls --color properly restores color attributes upon completion when the
   normal (`no') color attribute is not the default color.
 * with ls -s --color, the `total' and size of the first file are printed
diff --git a/old/textutils/NEWS b/old/textutils/NEWS
index e95c9e92d..26e13c361 100644
--- a/old/textutils/NEWS
+++ b/old/textutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Changes in release 1.21
  [1.20b]
+* Using --program-prefix no longer applies the prefix twice
 Changes in release 1.20
  Changes in test release 1.19r
 * see ChangeLog