diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 234ef566..670f4021 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Changes since 3.0.8:
 
     - Fix a crash bug in checksum scanning when --inplace is used.
 
+    - Fix a hang if a hard-linked file cannot be opened by the sender (e.g.
+      if it has no read permission).
+
     - Fix preservation of a symlink's system xattrs (e.g. selinux) on Linux.
 
     - Fix a bug with the modifying of unwritable directories.
@@ -16,4 +19,7 @@ Changes since 3.0.8:
 
     - Make daemon-excluded file errors more error-like.
 
+    - Fix a compilation issue on older C compilers (due to a misplaced var
+      declaration).
+
     - Fix some issues with the post-processing of the man pages.