unposted: README, NEWS: mention various changes

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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6b76b8b68..15b18da47 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2026-07-08  dana  <dana@dana.is>
 
+	* unposted: NEWS, README: mention various changes
+
 	* unposted: Completion/Unix/Type/_urls: make parameter local
 
 	* 54915 (tweaked): Completion/Darwin/Command/_open,
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 43ece675d..0b941994e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ constructs.  This can be used to create dual-purpose math functions.
 The shell now preserves COLUMNS and LINES from the environment when run
 non-interactively.
 
+The completion helper _call_program learnt two new options, -q and -Q,
+to quote its arguments before passing them to eval.
+
 Changes from 5.8.1 to 5.9
 -------------------------
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 35e6744a5..f03fd78e2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ consistent and better aligned with the POSIX-2017 specification of
       f() { { false; echo "This is printed only since 5.10." } || true }
       if f; then true; fi
 
+The vcs_info git back-end now respects the get-unapplied style as
+documented.  As a result it may omit information it previously showed
+during rebase and cherry-pick operations.  The previous behaviour can be
+restored by setting the style as follows:
+
+  zstyle ':vcs_info:git*:*:*' get-unapplied true
+
 PCRE support is now PCRE2.
 
 Parameter names may begin with a "." and follow a relaxed implementation
@@ -187,6 +194,15 @@ ${name::=word} now respect parameter attributes (e.g. `typeset -u`) and
 generally behave more consistently, especially when name contains a
 subscript.
 
+The behaviour of the is-at-least function has been improved. Notably,
+`is-at-least 5.9.0.3 5.9` now correctly returns false.  Also, segments
+containing non-digit characters are now compared numerically instead of
+lexicographically if possible.
+
+The completion helper _message now has more regular option parsing.  As
+a consequence it is always necessary to guard a message beginning with a
+hyphen by - or --.
+
 Incompatibilities between 5.8.1 and 5.9
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