diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f09c6dc0d..cc8117bd5 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@
 
 ## bug fixes
 
-- `readRDS` failed for rasters with timestep="seconds"
+- `readRDS` failed for rasters with timestep="seconds" [#1711](https://github.com/rspatial/terra/issues/1711) by Pascal Oettli
 
 ## enhancements
 
 - `bestMatch` now has argument "fun" to allow the use of different distance measures, and a <matrix> method
+- `wrap` (and `writeRDS`) now capture varnames/longnames [#1719](https://github.com/rspatial/terra/issues/1719) by Andrew Gene Brown
+
 
 ## new 
 
 
+
 # version 1.8-10
 
 Released 2025-01-13
diff --git a/R/plot.R b/R/plot.R
index 235a07a9d..0016ba720 100644
--- a/R/plot.R
+++ b/R/plot.R
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ halo <- function(x, y=NULL, labels, col="black", hc="white", hw=0.1, ... ) {
 
 
 setMethod("text", signature(x="SpatRaster"),
-	function(x, labels, digits=0, halo=FALSE, hc="white", hw=0.1, ...) {
+	function(x, labels, digits=0, halo=FALSE, hc="white", hw=0.1, cex=1, overlap=TRUE, ...) {
 		if (missing(labels)) {
 			labels <- 1
 		}
@@ -215,10 +215,16 @@ setMethod("text", signature(x="SpatRaster"),
 		} else if (is.numeric(labels)) {
 			labels <- as.character(round(labels, digits=digits) )
 		}
+		if (length(labels) < nrow(xy)) {
+			labels <- rep(labels, nrow(xy))
+		}
+#		if (!overlap) {
+#			xy <- getLabelXY(xy, labels, cex)
+#		}
 		if (halo && (isTRUE(hw > 0))) {
-			.halo(xy[,1], xy[,2], labels, hc=hc, hw=hw, ...)
+			.halo(xy[,1], xy[,2], labels, hc=hc, hw=hw, cex=cex, ...)
 		} else {
-			text(xy[,1], xy[,2], labels, ...)
+			text(xy[,1], xy[,2], labels, cex=cex, ...)
 		}
 	}
 )
diff --git a/man/adjacent.Rd b/man/adjacent.Rd
index 254e4a9ab..8552925f1 100644
--- a/man/adjacent.Rd
+++ b/man/adjacent.Rd
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ When using global lon/lat rasters, adjacent cells at the other side of the date-
 }
 
 
-\seealso{\code{\link{relate}}, \code{\link{nearby}}}, \code{\link{nearest}}}
+\seealso{\code{\link{relate}, \link{nearby}, \link{nearest}}}
 
 \value{
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