diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
index 7c748c2e5aa..d81e1ed610f 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ The -u and -p options for user and password were replaced by the -U option that
 accepts username[%password] as in many other tools of the Samba suite.
 Similary, smbgetrc files do not accept username and password options any more,
 only a single "user" option which also accepts user%password combinations.
+The -P option was removed.
 
 s4-rpc_server
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