diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1e6d239605..e56bea18e0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun Jun  8 04:32:33 2008  Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA  <zn@mbf.nifty.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention new constants.
+
 Sun Jun  8 01:15:11 2008  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
 
 	* hash.c (hash_i): make Hash#hash order insensitive.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d15a9948b4..492f02339c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
   You can change the directory locations using configure options such
   as `--with-sitedir=DIR' and `--with-vendordir=DIR'.
 
+=== Global constants
+
+* new constants
+
+  * RUBY_COPYRIGHT
+  * RUBY_DESCRIPTION
+
 === Library updates (outstanding ones only)
 
 * new library
@@ -534,6 +541,12 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
 
 * autoconf 2.6x
 
+=== Global constants
+
+* RUBY_PATCHLEVEL
+
+  New constant since 1.8.5-p1.
+
 === Library updates (outstanding ones only)
 
 * builtin classes