diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 541f7cb6ee8ec6..04ca80cfa6c03c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Standard library changes
   * `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]).
+  * `parse(Bool, str)` is now supported ([#29997]).
 
 Compiler/Runtime improvements
 -----------------------------
diff --git a/base/parse.jl b/base/parse.jl
index 15edab83c33d88..b21d85f7faf99a 100644
--- a/base/parse.jl
+++ b/base/parse.jl
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ of the form `"R±Iim"` as a `Complex(R,I)` of the requested type; `"i"` or `"j"`
 used instead of `"im"`, and `"R"` or `"Iim"` are also permitted.
 If the string does not contain a valid number, an error is raised.
 
+!!! compat "Julia 1.1"
+    `parse(Bool, str)` requires at least Julia 1.1.
+
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
 julia> parse(Int, "1234")