diff --git a/base/doc/ltnews40.tex b/base/doc/ltnews40.tex
index 6faea7a16..492c67dcc 100644
--- a/base/doc/ltnews40.tex
+++ b/base/doc/ltnews40.tex
@@ -535,6 +535,11 @@ \subsection{\pkg{longtable}: Extend caption type}
   {\endlongtable}
 \end{verbatim}
 
+\subsection{\pkg{longtable}: Prevent \cs{pagegoal} exceeding maximum value}
+An internal guard has been added to avoid \TeX\ errors if \verb=\pagegoal= is increased
+beyond the maximum value for a \TeX\ dimension.
+%
+\githubissue{1495}
 
 \subsection{\pkg{array}: Improve \texttt{>\{...\}} specifier}