diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 2d26fc4ff..492dffa6a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ the issue number to the end of the URL: https://github.com/swig/swig/issues/
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+2019-02-21: wsfulton
+            #1240 Suppress Java 9 deprecation warnings on finalize method.
+
 2019-02-19: wsfulton
             #1475 Fix regression parsing gcc preprocessor linemarkers in the form: