diff --git a/doc/release-notes/drracket/HISTORY.txt b/doc/release-notes/drracket/HISTORY.txt
index ad3711feff..863aa6cadc 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/drracket/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/doc/release-notes/drracket/HISTORY.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+   . The "language in the source" language now automatically
+     compiles more files (with the default options). Specifically,
+     files that are in a collections directory are now compiled,
+     unless they are the main system collection (as reported
+     by (find-system-path 'collects-dir).
+
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         Version 5.0.1
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