diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b256f25..016f101 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2005-04-12  Tollef Fog Heen  <tfheen@err.no>
 
+	* NEWS: Update for 0.17
+	
+	* NEWS: Add note saying that we've now grabbed _PKG_* and PKG_*.
+	(Freedesktop #2962)
+
 	* pkg.m4: wrap running pkg-config in AC_RUN_LOG per James
 	Henstridge's suggestion.
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ab464d0..72054b4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+pkg-config 0.17
+===
+
+ - Evaluate second argument to PKG_CHECK_MODULES again
+ - Portability fixes (MacOS, BeOS, Cygwin)
+ - Handle inter-library dependencies and assume those are in place if
+   the platform supports them.  Disable with --enable-indirect-deps.
+ - Add initial test framework
+ - Build fixes (make distcheck now works)
+
 pkg-config 0.16
 ===
 
@@ -5,6 +15,8 @@ pkg-config 0.16
  - Fix a bunch of bugs in glib by backporting
  - More man page fixes
  - Lots of small fixes and cleanups over the place.
+ - pkg-config now grabs _PKG_* and PKG_*, so don't use variables
+   starting with that in any configure scripts.
 
 pkg-config 0.15
 ===