Fix #1406
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index fe571cf..b7b9d8d 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #1371: Add `MapperFeature.INFER_CREATOR_FROM_CONSTRUCTOR_PROPERTIES` to allow
  disabling use of `@CreatorProperties` as explicit `@JsonCreator` equivalent
 #1399: Add support for `@JsonSetter(merge=OptBoolean.TRUE`) to allow "deep update"
+#1406: `ObjectMapper.readTree()` methods do not return `null` on end-of-input
+ (reported by Fabrizio C)
 
 2.8.5 (not yet released)