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diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index f3f244c7e39..aa788275256 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-09-04  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+        Give more-useful info on a fatal error (Bug#12328).
+        * NEWS: Document the change.
+
 2012-09-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         Better seeds for (random).
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index e4a612f6a9e..9a38deef05c 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ machines.  Other functions that use this format, such as
 file-attributes and format-time-string, have been changed accordingly.
 Old-format time stamps are still accepted.
 
+** Emacs now generates backtraces on fatal errors.
+On encountering a fatal error, Emacs now outputs a textual description
+of the fatal signal, and a short backtrace on platforms like glibc
+that support backtraces.
+
 ** New functions `system-users', `system-groups' return lists of the user
 name, group names known to the system (where possible).