diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5155aef28c0ea4..eb4a35f87dccc2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ Refer to the [Release Notes for
 v0.7](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/master/HISTORY.md) for a
 detailed list of changes from Julia v0.6.
 
+Library improvements
+--------------------
+
+* New `splitpath(p::String)` function added, which is the opposite of `joinpath(p::Array)`: it splits a filepath into its components ([#28156]).
+
 Standard Library Changes
 ------------------------
 
@@ -28,4 +33,5 @@ Deprecated or removed
 
 <!--- generated by NEWS-update.jl: -->
 [#27930]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/27930
+[#28156]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/28156
 [#28888]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/28888