diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index c43c0187b..316bb5718 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-10-27  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Document empty $PATH handling.
+
 2014-10-27  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Fix paragraph order.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
index 7e85d0599..b40470634 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ getfacl(1)/setfacl(1) accordingly.
 </para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>
-Drop the current working directory from the default DLL search path in
-favor of Cygwin's /bin dir.
+When exec'ing applications, check if $PATH exists and is non-empty.  If
+not, add PATH variable with Cygwin installation directory as content to
+Windows environment to allow loading of Cygwin system DLLs.
 </para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>