diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 5663525b70a..67906640194 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-03-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Add cutoff for changes in 2.16 release.
+
 2005-03-15  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@novell.com>
 
 	* expr.c (operand): Merge handling of unary + into that for unary
diff --git a/gas/NEWS b/gas/NEWS
index dd636a3b912..5f483b988f9 100644
--- a/gas/NEWS
+++ b/gas/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+Changes in 2.16:
+
 * Redefinition of macros now results in an error.
 
 * New command line option -mhint.b=[ok|warning|error] for IA64 targets.
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index c093dab2f14..37536b98f7f 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-03-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Add cutoff for changes in 2.16 release.
+
 2005-03-15  Mikkel Krautz  <krautz@gmail.com>
 
 	* configure.tgt (x86_64-elf): Add target.
diff --git a/ld/NEWS b/ld/NEWS
index c30b62c1b1a..f7fbc7986ec 100644
--- a/ld/NEWS
+++ b/ld/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+Changes in 2.16:
+
 * Support for the R_ARM_V4BX relocation as defined in the ARM AAELF
   specification has been added via the --fix-v4bx command-line option.