diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fe046fe6151..e369b60af29 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -113,10 +113,12 @@ CHANGES WITH 254:
 
         Service Manager:
 
-        * "Startup" memory settings are now supported. Previously IO and CPU
-          settings were already supported via StartupCPUWeight= and similar.
-          The same logic has been added for the various per-unit memory
-          settings StartupMemoryMax= and related.
+        * Memory limits that apply while the unit is activating are now
+          supported. Previously IO and CPU settings were already supported via
+          StartupCPUWeight= and similar. The same logic has been added for the
+          various manager and unit memory settings (DefaultStartupMemoryLow=,
+          StartupMemoryLow=, StartupMemoryHigh=, StartupMemoryMax=,
+          StartupMemorySwapMax=, StartupMemoryZSwapMax=).
 
         * The service manager gained support for enqueuing POSIX signals to
           services that carry an additional integer value, exposing the
@@ -700,8 +702,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 254:
           server-side environment variable expansion in specified command
           lines. Expansion defaults to enabled for all execution types except
           --scope, where it defaults to off (and prints a warning) for backward
-          compatibility reasons. --scope will be flipped to default enabled too
-          in a future release, so if you are using --scope and passing a '$'
+          compatibility reasons. --scope will be flipped to enabled by default
+          too in a future release. If you are using --scope and passing a '$'
           character in the payload you should start explicitly using
           --expand-environment=yes/no according to the use case.