diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 221d8f0041..a3c979e94f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ dev
  * bitmask matching in SliceRange queries (CASSANDRA-764)
  * switched to slf4j logging (CASSANDRA-625)
  * drain method to flush memtables and purge commit log prior to shutdown. (CASSANDRA-880)
+ * access levels for authentication/authorization (CASSANDRA-900)
 
 
 0.6.0-RC1
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 6e504cb20a..17627a616b 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Configuraton
     - The ThriftAddress and ThriftPort directives have been renamed to
       RPCAddress and RPCPort respectively.
 
+Thrift API
+----------
+    - The return type for login() is now AccessLevel.
+
+
 0.6.0
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