diff --git a/admin/FOR-RELEASE b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
index 0fb168ff9db..b6f8d38ca1f 100644
--- a/admin/FOR-RELEASE
+++ b/admin/FOR-RELEASE
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ to the hack introduced on 2005-07-01 to fix some other Cleartype problem.
 ** ams@gnu.org, 9 July: eshell and external commands
 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-08/msg00385.html
 
+** Check all non-file-scope static vars to make sure they
+won't lose on USG or HPUX systems.
 
 * FIXES FOR EMACS 22.3