diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dd856efb2a..80b7125d11 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@ strongswan-4.5.2
   pcsc-lite based SIM card backend.
 
 - The eap-peap plugin implements the EAP PEAP protocol. Interoperates
-  successfully with a FreeRADIUS server but not yet with a Windows 7 
+  successfully with a FreeRADIUS server but not yet with a Windows 7
   Agile VPN client.
 
+- The IKEv2 daemon charon rereads strongswan.conf on SIGHUP and instructs
+  all plugins to reload. Currently only the eap-radius and the attr plugins
+  support configuration reloading.
+
 
 strongswan-4.5.1
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