diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 527d0e291..e65f3233b 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ Fixed bugs:
    an exception.
    Bugzilla Report 62499
 
+ * the new allowFilesToEscapeDest didn't work when set to false and
+   archive entries contained relative paths with so many ".."
+   segnments that the resulting path would go beyond the file system
+   root.
+   Bugzilla Report 62502
+
 Changes from Ant 1.9.11 TO Ant 1.9.12
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