diff --git a/iudex-barc/History.rdoc b/iudex-barc/History.rdoc
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--- a/iudex-barc/History.rdoc
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@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 === 1.7.1 (TBD)
+* Add BARCDirectory.setMaxOpen number of BARC files to keep open. By
+  default this remains unrestricted.  Setting this as low as 2 files
+  is safe to reduce the number of open file handles when crawling.
 
 === 1.7.0 (2015-5-3)
 * Upgrade to iudex-* ~> 1.7 dependencies