diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index 4f923b6e2..b90e6c194 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-03-31  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.36): Add new section.  Document GNU
+	basename.
+
 2015-03-30  Yaakov Selkowitz  <yselkowi@redhat.com>
 
 	* posix.xml (std-gnu): Add basename.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
index fbbbdad28..3f8b967a7 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@
 
 <sect1 id="ov-new1.7"><title>What's new and what changed in Cygwin</title>
 
+<sect2 id="ov-new1.7.36"><title>What's new and what changed in 1.7.36</title>
+
+<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
+
+<listitem><para>
+basename(3) now comes in two flavors, POSIX and GNU.  The POSIX version is
+the default.  You get the GNU version after
+
+<screen>
+  #define _GNU_SOURCE
+  #include &lt;string.h&gt;
+</screen>
+</para></listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</sect2>
+
 <sect2 id="ov-new1.7.35"><title>What's new and what changed in 1.7.35</title>
 
 <itemizedlist mark="bullet">