diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 726434a..5e09367 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ Bug fixes
 - Automatic color generation no longer produces only whites and blacks
   when there are many series. (patch by David Schnur and Tom Cleaveland)
 
+- Fixed an error when custom tick labels weren't provided as strings.
+  (patch by Shad Downey)
+
 
 Flot 0.7
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