diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 27dfeb0ca3..e98fb875d8 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-01-30  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention generate-core-file command.
+
 2002-01-15  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>
 
 	* target.c: New command, "set trust-readonly-sections on".
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index a75707fadb..7518234f6f 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 5.1:
 
+* New command "generate-core-file" (or "gcore").
+
+This new gdb command allows the user to drop a core file of the
+child process state at any time.  So far it's been implemented 
+only for Linux and Solaris, but should be relatively easily 
+ported to other hosts.  Argument is core file name (defaults 
+to core.<pid>).
+
 * New command line option
 
 GDB now accepts --pid or -p followed by a process id.