diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index d36276e95..65ebceb6e 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ Fixed bugs:
 * <copy> and <move>'s failonerror didn't apply to filesets pointing to
   non-existant directories.  Bugzilla Report 18414.
 
+* The <stripjavacomments> filter sometimes removed parts of string
+  constants.  Bugzilla Report 17441.
+
 Other changes:
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 * Shipped XML parser is now Xerces 2.4.0