diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5697078..ba811b3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
  - Added a strokeColor option to control the outline around point symbols.
    (patch by djamshed, pull request #1003)
 
+ - Added an 'above' operator to the threshold plugin.
+   (patch by Karl Quinsland, pull request #1058, issue #1059, earlier patches
+   by Jason Swank, issue #331, and Rene Pieter Kok, issue #344)
+
 ## Flot 0.8.1 ##
 
 ### Bug fixes ###