Added text to whatsnew

kshedden · kshedden · commit 784ad9b0ebeb · 2015-05-10T12:56:00.000-04:00
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.17.0.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.17.0.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ Check the :ref:`API Changes <whatsnew_0170.api>` and :ref:`deprecations <whatsne
 New features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+Support for reading SAS XPORT format files:
+
+    df = pd.read_sas('sas_xport.xpt')
+
+It is also possible to obtain an iterator and read an XPORT file
+incrementally.
+
+
 .. _whatsnew_0170.enhancements.other:
 
 Other enhancements
