diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d216e50c64..2d827b9e1e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	--- 9.10.0a1 released ---
+
 3674.	[bug]		RPZ zeroed ttls if the query type was '*'. [RT #35026]
 
 3673.	[func]		New "in-view" zone option allows direct sharing
@@ -37,8 +39,6 @@
 
 3662.	[bug]		'host' could die if a UDP query timed out. [RT #34870]
 
-	--- 9.10.0a1 released ---
-
 3661.	[bug]		Address lock order reversal deadlock with inline zones.
 			[RT #34856]
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index b2a325515c..f3761c82a2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ BIND 9.10.0
            by default.
 	 - "named" now preserves the capitalization of names when
            responding to queries.
+         - New 'named-rrchecker' tool to verify the syntactic
+           correctness of individual resource records.
 
 BIND 9.9.0