diff --git a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_3.0.0/bugfix_2019-Nov-21_cell_measure_attributes.txt b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_3.0.0/bugfix_2019-Nov-21_cell_measure_attributes.txt
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+* Fixed a bug where the attributes of cell measures in netcdf-CF files were discarded on
+  loading.  They now appear on the CellMeasure in the loaded cube.
diff --git a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_3.0.0/newfeature_2019-Nov-21_netcdf_ancillary_data.txt b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_3.0.0/newfeature_2019-Nov-21_netcdf_ancillary_data.txt
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+* CF Ancillary Variables are now loaded from and saved to netcdf-CF files.
+