Signed-off-by: Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com>
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 NEWS | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dbbbe9f..314d518 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ Improved `notmuch new` performance for unchanged folders
   RFC 2047-encodes the headers, making the output a valid RFC 2822
   message.  The JSON/sexp format is unchanged.
 
+`notmuch compact` command
+
+  The new `compact` command exposes Xapian's compaction
+  functionality through a more convenient interface than
+  `xapian-compact`. `notmuch compact` will compact the database to a
+  temporary location, optionally backup the original database, and
+  move the compacted database into place.
+
 Emacs Interface
 ---------------
 
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