diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f8fc80e..e6513cc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -239,8 +239,13 @@
 - The cfmfile was removed.
 
 
-New platforms
--------------
+Platforms
+---------
+
+- Support for BeOS and AtheOS was removed (according to PEP 11).
+
+- Support for RiscOS, Irix, Tru64 was removed (alledgedly).
+
 
 Tools/Demos
 -----------
diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES
index 03d2f73..74fc849 100644
--- a/RELNOTES
+++ b/RELNOTES
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@
 - Some new features are very fresh, and probably contain bugs: the new
   format() method on strings (PEP 3101), the strict separation of
   bytes and strings, the new buffer API (PEP 3118).
+
+- IDLE still has some open issues.  If you can't run it at all, try
+  "idle -n" which disables the separate subprocess for the
+  interpreter.