diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
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--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
 
     Library
     -------
+	- Fixed parallel bug in which some processes attempted collective
+	    I/O while others did independent I/O.  Bug appeared when some
+	    processes used point selections, and others didn't.  JRM - 2004/9/15
         - Corrected error where dataset region references were written in an
             incorrect way on Cray machines.  PVN & QAK - 2004/09/13
         - The H5Tget_native_type now determines the native type for integers