diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 97abb6fb..ebbd62de 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- Allow register access to succeed if i915 is loaded but debugfs isn't found
+  (i.e. nomodeset is used)
+
 Release 1.6 (2014-XX-YY)
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