diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
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+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-01-05  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Create a new section for the next release branch.
+	Rename the section of the current branch, now that it has
+	been cut.
+
 2018-01-05  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	GDB 8.1 branch created (5219ac6237c272b938c28517bf371429260c71e7):
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
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 		What has changed in GDB?
 	     (Organized release by release)
 
-*** Changes since GDB 8.0
+*** Changes since GDB 8.1
+
+*** Changes in GDB 8.1
 
 * GDB now supports dynamically creating arbitrary register groups specified
   in XML target descriptions.  This allows for finer grain grouping of