diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 24756f0b9a6a5f21e997b58720536ad0c4518311..a3231a77abbdfb9bd69ce85648b1428c86eaaa81 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+New in version 2.0
+ * Added option -p that allows to process PE reads separately (A PE is kept if either PE1 or PE2 is below Kappa and 
+it is discarded if either PE1 or PE2 is below Kappa'. 
+
 New in version 1.9.6
  * Fixed bug that caused wrong results when a + char was encounterd in read identifier.