diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.27 b/winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.27
index 48f095d14..d1352fc99 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.27
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.27
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ What changed:
   "\\?\" if the target path is shorter than MAX_PATH characters.  This works
   around a Windows 8.1 bug:  The ShellExecuteW fails if the lpFile parameter
   points to a native NTFS symlink with a target path prefixed with "\\?\".
+  Fixes: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-12/msg00101.html
 
 
 Bug Fixes