diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 08bc082bda..92a664dc9a 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-08-05  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention that GDB and GDBserver build with a C++ compiler
+	by default.
+
 2016-08-05  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* build-with-cxx.m4: Change help string to be in terms of
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 4d72027c93..b08d8a0440 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 
 *** Changes in GDB 7.12
 
+* GDB and GDBserver now build with a C++ compiler by default.
+
+  The --enable-build-with-cxx configure option is now enabled by
+  default.  One must now explicitly configure with
+  --disable-build-with-cxx in order to build with a C compiler.  This
+  option will be removed in a future release.
+
 * GDBserver now supports recording btrace without maintaining an active
   GDB connection.