diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 352849918..f95d76b35 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ Fixed bugs:
 
 Other changes:
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+* A new combined email task, which replaces the old <mail> and
+  <mimemail> tasks, has been added.  The <mimemail> task, and 
+  old SendEmail and MimeMail classes have been deprecated.
+
 * TarFileset takes in three new attributes - fullpath, prefix
   and preserveLeadingSlashes.