diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index 491f267cd..4dfd6c0c8 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     Needed for the multi-user programs ('who', 'users', 'pinky', and
     - if built - 'uptime'), so that they can access the database of
     user logins from systemd-logind.
-    Related 'configure' option: --enable-systemd.
+    Related 'configure' option: --with-systemd.
   * Homepage:
     https://systemd.io/
   + Download:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 22ca32683..dbf6d2abb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   cksum, md5sum, and sha*sum to use the Linux AF_ALG API.  This API will be
   deprecated in Linux 7.2 and is less performant than OpenSSL.
 
+  The configure option '--enable-systemd' is renamed to '--with-systemd'.
+  The option '--enable-systemd' was a misnomer and is now deprecated.
+
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 9.11 (2026-04-20) [stable]