diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a8e98b279..e9220756a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ strongswan-5.1.2
 - Defined a TPMRA remote attestation workitem and added support for it to the
   Attestation IMV.
 
+- When enabling its "session" strongswan.conf option, the xauth-pam plugin opens
+  and closes a PAM session for each established IKE_SA. Patch courtesy of
+  Andrea Bonomi.
 
 strongswan-5.1.1
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