diff --git a/Shorewall/changelog.txt b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
index 3d2096270..7d85ffb23 100644
--- a/Shorewall/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Changes in Shorewall 4.4.16
 
-1)  Change assertion into a warning in getparams.
+1)  Handle multi-line ENV values
+
+2)  Fix for absent params file.
 
 Changes in Shorewall 4.4.15
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index d7fdcb97d..732d3bce2 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ VI.   PROBLEMS CORRECTED AND NEW FEATURES IN PRIOR RELEASES
     /etc/shorewall/params (/etc/shorewall6/params) was redirected to
     /dev/null. It is now redirected to Standard Error (FD 2).
 
+3)  2)  If a params file did not appear in the CONFIG_PATH, compilation
+    failed with the error:
+
+    	   .: 31: Can't open /etc/shorewall6/params 
+	   ERROR: Processing of /etc/shorewall6/params failed
+
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