diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2634fd48c..69faaf359 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ Release 3.7.0 (???)
 Release 3.6.0 (... 2011)
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-DRD: removed command-line option --free-is-write again since it is impossible
-to implement this functionality reliably.
+DRD: removed command-line option --free-is-write again since it is not possible
+to implement this functionality for custom allocators without changing the client-tool
+interface in a backwards-incompatible way.
 
 
 Release 3.6.0 (21 October 2010)