diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 5ed445705c..1402d8cb3e 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ mailing list.
 
 The very first result of the Unicode transition is that we have finally
 merged in the externally maintained CJK-LyX branch.
+The languages Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are now supported in
+the user interface.
+Note that from now on, former encoding settings for these languages
+done via ERT or the document preamble will lead to LaTeX-errors!
 
 * Multiple views of the same buffer
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7c599c39c1..3198ef4b8d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@ What's new in version 1.5.0 (beta 3)?
 ---------------------------- 
 
 Compared with the previous beta release we have fixed several bugs
-and added some improvements, namely a new inset to support code listings.
+and added some improvements:
 
-We have enabled the converter file cache by default.
+ * A new inset to support code listings.
+ * We have enabled the converter file cache by default.
+ * The languages Armenian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are now supported in
+   the user interface.
+   Note that from now on, former encoding settings for these languages
+   done via ERT or the document preamble will lead to LaTeX-errors!
 
 Internally we have renamed files to follow a consistent name pattern,
 this will allow an easier navigation of the source code thus simplifying