diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2de064501..7aaea260d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ ver 0.22 (not yet released)
   - mad: remove option "gapless", always do gapless
   - sidplay: add option "default_genre"
   - sidplay: map SID name field to "Album" tag
+  - sidplay: add support for new song length format with libsidplayfp 2.0
   - vorbis, opus: improve seeking accuracy
 * playlist
   - flac: support reading CUE sheets from remote FLAC files
diff --git a/doc/plugins.rst b/doc/plugins.rst
index 8bff5e3b2..95e2bfa47 100644
--- a/doc/plugins.rst
+++ b/doc/plugins.rst
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ C64 SID decoder based on `libsidplayfp <https://sourceforge.net/projects/sidplay
    * - Setting
      - Description
    * - **songlength_database PATH**
-     - Location of your songlengths file, as distributed with the HVSC. The sidplay plugin checks this for matching MD5 fingerprints. See http://www.hvsc.c64.org/download/C64Music/DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.faq.
+     - Location of your songlengths file, as distributed with the HVSC. The sidplay plugin checks this for matching MD5 fingerprints. See http://www.hvsc.c64.org/download/C64Music/DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.faq. New songlength format support requires libsidplayfp 2.0 or later.
    * - **default_songlength SECONDS**
      - This is the default playing time in seconds for songs not in the songlength database, or in case you're not using a database. A value of 0 means play indefinitely.
    * - **default_genre GENRE**