diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 26c95fcd5925217b1c2e7db347b4b65e6097bb68..a5af828a15ab0e4f4219d849c810a3c5fa650d94 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ support 64-bit executables.  See etc/MACHINES for instructions.
 
 * Changes in Emacs 21.1
 
+** The functions `keep-lines', `flush-lines' and `how-many' now
+operate on the active region in Transient Mark mode.
+
 ** The header line in an Info buffer is now displayed as an emacs header-line
 (which is like a mode-line, but at the top of the window), so that it
 remains visible even when the buffer has been scrolled.  This behavior
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 7afd617f7c88666e9d29622b8e4d79ec348cdfa6..26478ffd00f6abe21ba4e242f90067c0315eab0b 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2000-09-30  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
 
+	* replace.el (keep-lines-read-args): New function.
+	(keep-lines, flush-lines, how-many): Use keep-lines-read-args to
+	read arguments interactively.  Add parameters RSTART and REND.
+	Operate on the active region in Transient Mark mode.
+
 	* files.el (auto-mode-alist): Add pattern for `#*mail*...'.
 
 	* emacs-lisp/authors.el (authors-obsolete-file-p): New function.
diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index a4fbeb970edf412c8f3caad712362bd563c2f440..2edf7c2f5e3626857993034f129f29c43981786c 100644
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-09-30  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
+
+	* search.texi (Other Repeating Search): Describe `how-many'
+	instead of `count-matches'.  Say that they work on the active
+	region in Transient Mark mode.
+
 2000-09-29  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
 
 	* emacs-mime.texi, message.texi: Fix @setfilename directive.