diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f253ff0e..43b05d2f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Authors@R: c(person("Oystein", "Sorensen",
                     comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-0724-3542")),
             person("Waldir", "Leoncio",
                     email = "w.l.netto@medisin.uio.no",
-                    role = c("ctr")),
+                    role = c("aut")),
             person("Valeria", "Vitelli",
                     role = c("aut"),
                     email = "valeria.vitelli@medisin.uio.no",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7b771999..91a18d58 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # BayesMallows (development versions)
 
+* Large refactoring with several breaking changes. See vignettes and 
+  documentation for details.
+
 # BayesMallows 1.5.0
 
 * Bug in plot.BayesMallows for posterior distribution with 'parameter = "rho"'