diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 8be2f83056f..8cf1a2d869d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ API Changes
 * LUCENE-1944, ...: Removed (all) deprecated methods/classes left over
   from Lucene 2.9 [not yet finished].  (Uwe Schindler)
 
+* LUCENE-1257, ...: Port to Java 1.5 [not yet finished].
+  (Uwe Schindler, Robert Muir, Karl Wettin, Paul Elschot)
+
 * LUCENE-1925: Make IndexSearcher's subReaders and docStarts members
   protected; add expert ctor to directly specify reader, subReaders
   and docStarts.  (John Wang, Tim Smith via Mike McCandless)