diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 230868c5b0..1bcbeea809 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-03-03  Roland McGrath  <roland@hack.frob.com>
+
+	* nptl/ChangeLog: Renamed to nptl/ChangeLog.old, no longer used.
+	* nptl_db/ChangeLog: Renamed to nptl_db/ChangeLog.old, no longer used.
+
 2014-03-03  Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@redhat.com>
 
 	[BZ #16639]
diff --git a/nptl/ChangeLog b/nptl/ChangeLog.old
similarity index 99%
rename from nptl/ChangeLog
rename to nptl/ChangeLog.old
index c01177ed83..e022a1927a 100644
--- a/nptl/ChangeLog
+++ b/nptl/ChangeLog.old
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+This file describes changes to the nptl/ subdirectory prior to 2014-03-03.
+Later nptl/ changes go into the top-level ChangeLog file, not here.
+
+
+
 2014-02-28  Roland McGrath  <roland@hack.frob.com>
 
 	* Makefile (generated-dirs): Use += rather than =.
diff --git a/nptl_db/ChangeLog b/nptl_db/ChangeLog.old
similarity index 98%
rename from nptl_db/ChangeLog
rename to nptl_db/ChangeLog.old
index 85cf2ba7a1..6e74f3ecbb 100644
--- a/nptl_db/ChangeLog
+++ b/nptl_db/ChangeLog.old
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+This file describes changes to the nptl_db/ subdirectory prior to 2014-03-03.
+Later nptl_db/ changes go into the top-level ChangeLog file, not here.
+
+
+
 2014-02-26  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* Makefile: Include Makeconfig immediately after defining subdir.