diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index a3642ce49..6df5e1676 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ Fixed bugs:
 
 * FileUtils.resolveFile() promised to return absolute files but
   did not always do so.
+  
+* <ftp> failed to retrieve a file when the path towards the file contained
+  an element starting with . . Bugzilla report 33770
 
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