diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4cf05df83..e3acd1619 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ DFHack future
 
   Internals:
     - support for calling a lua function via a protobuf request (demonstrated by dfhack-run --lua).
+    - Lua API for listing files in directory. Needed for mod-manager.
   New scripts:
     - gui/mod-manager: allows installing/uninstalling mods into df from df/mods directory.