diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 916de90c2e..14a4899aa2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 0.6.0-RC1
  * fix compaction bucketing bug (CASSANDRA-814)
  * update windows batch file (CASSANDRA-824)
+ * deprecate KeysCachedFraction configuration directive in favor
+   of KeysCached; move to unified-per-CF key cache (CASSANDRA-801)
 
 0.6.0-beta1/beta2
  * add batch_mutate thrift command, deprecating batch_insert (CASSANDRA-336)
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index ca0e07e155..b1b838a755 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Configuraton
     - Like MemtableSizeInMB, BinaryMemtableSizeInMB has been replaced by
       BinaryMemtableThroughputInMB.
     - Replication factor is now per-keyspace, rather than global.
+    - KeysCachedFraction is deprecated in favor of KeysCached
 
 Thrift API
 ----------