diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/2.6.0 b/winsup/cygwin/release/2.6.0
index 63bd56f72..2b6657b35 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/release/2.6.0
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/2.6.0
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ What's new:
   strtoll_l, strtoul_l, strtoull_l, wcstod_l, wcstof_l, wcstol_l, wcstold_l,
   wcstoll_l, wcstoul_l, wcstoull_l.
 
+- locale(1) now supports a -i/--input option to fetch the current input
+  locale (this is basically equivalent to the current keyboard layout setting).
+
 
 What changed:
 -------------
diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
index 49dd5b3bf..37f858625 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ strtoll_l, strtoul_l, strtoull_l, wcstod_l, wcstof_l, wcstol_l, wcstold_l,
 wcstoll_l, wcstoul_l, wcstoull_l.
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>
+locale(1) now supports a -i/--input option to fetch the current input locale
+(this is basically equivalent to the current keyboard layout setting).
+</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>
 Drop support for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003/2003 R2.
 </para></listitem>