diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
index 69336fa..dec6935 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
   Configuration File.  This was done to better exploit the new
   conditional operators in the configuration language.
 
-- A blank Right Hand Side is now permitted for all Option
-  Statements.  It means that the option reverts to its default
-  value.  This was done to make Option Statements consistent
-  with Directory Shortcut and User-Defined Variable Statements,
-  both of which allow a blank RHS.
+- A blank Right Hand Side is now permitted for all Option Statements.
+  It means that the statement in question is simply ignored.  This was
+  done to make Option Statements consistent with Directory Shortcut
+  and User-Defined Variable Statements, both of which allow a blank
+  RHS.
 
 - Because the RHS of a String Option can now be blank, the ""
   construct is no longer necessary to disable CMDSHELL.  An entry in