diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 37454512b03e8..82bc884133b07 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Standard library changes
   * New `ncodeunits(c::Char)` method as a fast equivalent to `ncodeunits(string(c))` ([#29153]).
   * `mean` and `var` now handles the empty case ([#29033]).
   * New `sort!(::AbstractArray; dims)` method that can sort the array along the `dims` dimension ([#28902]).
+  * `range` now accept `stop` as a positional argument ([#28708]).
 
 Compiler/Runtime improvements
 -----------------------------
diff --git a/base/range.jl b/base/range.jl
index fe8097f4bd573..785ade602f6bf 100644
--- a/base/range.jl
+++ b/base/range.jl
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ automatically such that the elements are `step` spaced (a [`StepRange`](@ref)).
 
 `stop` may be specified as either a positional or keyword argument.
 
+!!! compat "Julia 1.1"
+    `stop` as a positional argument requires at least Julia 1.1.
+
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
 julia> range(1, length=100)