diff -r 4ccf7634e664 -r 6b21b3f88a9a NEWS
--- a/NEWS	Wed Feb 06 15:58:00 2013 +0100
+++ b/NEWS	Wed Feb 06 17:25:08 2013 +0100
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 
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+Changes since 1.5.1:
+
+* Introduced --enable-sii-assign to switch on assigning the SII to PDI and
+  back to EtherCAT during configuration.
+
 Changes in 1.5.1:
 
 * Fixed reset of allow_scanning flag if ecrt_master_activate() was not called.