diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d85dad5b25773..25d4e3b1c672f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ New library functions
   * `getpid(::Process)` method ([#24064]).
   * `eachrow`, `eachcol` and `eachslice` functions provide efficient iterators over slices of arrays ([#29749]).
   * `fieldtypes(T::Type)` which return the declared types of the field in type T ([#29600]).
+  * `uuid5` has been added to the `UUIDs` standard library ([#28761]).
 
 Standard library changes
 ------------------------
diff --git a/stdlib/UUIDs/src/UUIDs.jl b/stdlib/UUIDs/src/UUIDs.jl
index 6a5e0adb79102..bd8abe032c505 100644
--- a/stdlib/UUIDs/src/UUIDs.jl
+++ b/stdlib/UUIDs/src/UUIDs.jl
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ end
 Generates a version 5 (namespace and domain-based) universally unique identifier (UUID),
 as specified by RFC 4122.
 
+!!! compat "Julia 1.1"
+    This function requires at least Julia 1.1.
+
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
 julia> rng = MersenneTwister(1234);