Minor fix/improvement to `PropertyMetadata` construction, was NPEing under some conditions
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 53f0036..9fc7c0f 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 2.8.8 (not yet released)
 
 #1533: `AsPropertyTypeDeserializer` ignores `DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_EMPTY_STRING_AS_NULL_OBJECT`
+- Minor fix to creation of `PropertyMetadata`, had one path that could lead to NPE
 
 2.8.7 (21-Feb-2017)