diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ee920744..33354f9d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Release 1.8 (xxxx-xx-xx)
 ------------------------
 
+- Added lib/igt.cocci semantic patch to catch often-seen patterns and convert
+  them to igt macros/infrastructure.
+
 Release 1.7 (2014-06-09)
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/lib/igt.cocci b/lib/igt.cocci
index b5c0bfe6..3246924f 100644
--- a/lib/igt.cocci
+++ b/lib/igt.cocci
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+// Semantic patch for common patters and their replacement by igt infrastructure
+// and macros. Please run with
+//
+// spatch --sp-file lib/igt.cocci --in-place tests/*.c
+//
+// on your new testcase.
+
+
 // Replace open-coded augmented igt_assert/skip/require with macro versions
 @@
 expression Ec;