diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 004063020..113b256e6 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ Fixed bugs:
   the -C switch to gcj.  This means you can now compile to native code
   with gcj which has been impossible in Ant < 1.6.2.
 
+* <import optional="false"> and <import optional="true">
+  behaved identically.
+
 Other changes:
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