diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6766c61a4bd..bd5c57054db 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Removed support for BeOS. (Kalle)
   . Add PHP_VERSION to phpinfo() <title/>. (github/MattJeevas)
   . Add net_get_interfaces(). (Sara, Joe, Anatol)
+  . Added gc_status(). (Benjamin Eberlei)
   . Implemented flexible heredoc and nowdoc syntax, per
     RFC https://wiki.php.net/rfc/flexible_heredoc_nowdoc_syntaxes.
     (Thomas Punt)
diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING
index d0e67aeb76a..2220efb014b 100644
--- a/UPGRADING
+++ b/UPGRADING
@@ -399,6 +399,8 @@ Core:
     platform, the function returns false.
   . Added net_get_interfaces() to retrieve an array of available network
     interfaces including several details.
+  . Added the gc_status() function to retrieve status information regarding the
+    cyclic GC.
 
 Date:
   . Added the DateTime::createFromImmutable() method, which mirrors