diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 9e0d08abcac8..e12e0b170840 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ they are unavoidable.
 You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time
 you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
 
+20121218:
+  AFFECTS: users of icu
+  AUTHOR bapt@FreeBSD.org
+
+  icu has been updated to 50.1. Please rebuild all ports that depends on it:
+
+  If you use portmaster:
+        portmaster -w -r icu
+  If you use portupgrade:
+        portupgrade -fr devel/icu
+  If you use pkgng with binary packages:
+        pkg install -fR devel/icu
+
 20121212:
   AFFECTS: users of openldap24-client who uses SASL
   AUTHOR: Xin Li <delphij@FreeBSD.org>