diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
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+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+3162.	[test]		start.pl: modified to allow for "named.args" in
+			ns*/ subdirectory to override stock arguments to
+			named. Largely from RT#26044, but no separate ticket.
+
 3161.	[bug]		zone.c:del_sigs failed to always reset rdata leading
 			assertion failures. [RT #25880]