diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Category.java b/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Category.java
index 4b853b34..c64b7a3b 100644
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Category.java
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Category.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public class Category {
     return Log4jLoggerFactory.getLogger(name);
   }
 
+  public final Category getParent() { return null; } 
 
   /**
    * Returns the obvious.
diff --git a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
index fd6c3968..5cfb1e2d 100755
--- a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
+++ b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@
 
    <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
 
+   <h3>, 2015 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.11</h3>
+
+
+   <p>Added <code>setThreshold</code> method in
+   <code>AppenderSkeleton</code> class in the log4j-over-slf4j
+   module. This addition was requested by Dimitrios Liapis who also
+   provided the appropriate pull request.
+   </p>
+
+   <p>Added <code>getParent</code> method in <code>Category</code>
+   class in the log4j-over-slf4j module. This addition was requested
+   by Himanshu Bhardwaj in <a
+   href="http://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-318">SLF4J-318</a>.
+   </p>
+
+   <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
+
    <h3>6th of January, 2015 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.10</h3>
 
    <p>The <code>MDC.putCloseable</code> method now explicitly returns