diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 0e0c733ce..50b81e8e6 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export(tstrsplit)
 export(frank)
 export(frankv)
 export(address)
-export(.SD,.N,.I,.GRP,.NGRP,.BY,.EACHI, measure, patterns)
+export(.SD,.N,.I,.GRP,.NGRP,.BY,.EACHI, measure, measurev, patterns)
 # TODO(#6197): Export these.
 # export(., J)
 export(rleid)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index eb31baf57..97e1f41b0 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ rowwiseDT(
 
 7. Improved the error message when trying to write code like `DT[, ":="(a := b, c := d)]` (which should be `DT[, ":="(a = b, c = d)]`), [#5296](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/5296). Thanks @MichaelChirico for the suggestion & fix.
 
+8. `measurev()` was implemented and documented in v1.15.0, for use within `melt()`, and it is now exported (dependent packages can now use without a NOTE from CRAN check).
+
 # data.table [v1.16.0](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/milestone/30)  (25 August 2024)
 
 ## BREAKING CHANGES