diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 47f95cea2a..6a7a67b8ba 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 1.1.1-dev
+ * streaming commitlog backup + pitr (CASSANDRA-3690)
  * avoid generating redundant compaction tasks during streaming
    (CASSANDRA-4174)
  * add -cf option to nodetool snapshot, and takeColumnFamilySnapshot to
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 1c8344d793..89af1aba69 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ upgrade, just in case you need to roll back to the previous version.
 by version X, but the inverse is not necessarily the case.)
 
 
+1.1.1
+=====
+
+Features
+--------
+    - Continuous commitlog archiving and point-in-time recovery.
+      See conf/commitlog_archiving.properties
+
+
 1.1
 ===