diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 05f5f8a953..4a353d3840 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * configurable internode encryption (CASSANDRA-1567)
  * human readable column names in sstable2json output (CASSANDRA-1933)
  * change default JMX port to 7199 (CASSANDRA-2027)
+ * backwards compatible internal messaging (CASSANDRA-1015)
 
 
 0.7.1
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index f9cf8dd63a..c43bdab327 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Upgrading
     moved from org.apache.cassandra.avro to org.apache.cassandra.hadoop.avro,
     applications using these classes will need to be updated accordingly.
 
+	Upgrading from version 0.7.1 or later can be done with a rolling restart,
+	one node at a time.  You do not need to bring down the whole cluster.
+
 Other
 -----
     In the past, sstable2json would write column names and values as hex