From a3281a06b3f0a77403efd0f5949ce9f0b35a7c58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kurt Smith <kwmsmith@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 11:18:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update whatsnew [ci skip]

---
 docs/source/whatsnew/0.5.2.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/0.5.2.txt b/docs/source/whatsnew/0.5.2.txt
index 08069f7..6acef8d 100644
--- a/docs/source/whatsnew/0.5.2.txt
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/0.5.2.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ None
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
 
-None
+* Fixes :func:`~datashape.promote` to handle :class:`~datashape.string` types
+  correctly when mixing with :class:`~datashape.Option` types (:issue:`213`).
 
 Miscellaneous
 -------------