cleanup.go    | 6 ++++++
 doc/news.texi | 8 ++++++++

diff --git a/cleanup.go b/cleanup.go
index a1448617716f23e95bee53bfa680fc6b29595c07adb20431ac6ad5ae27647e8a..b9f47810a56524638bc709d8c3775639d042dfc2db157dbab7f40622c417015f 100644
--- a/cleanup.go
+++ b/cleanup.go
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ 						}
 					} else {
 						err = redoDirClean(pth, what)
 					}
+				} else if (what == CleanupTmp || what == CleanupFull) &&
+					strings.HasPrefix(fi.Name(), TmpPrefix) {
+					fmt.Println(pthRel)
+					if !*DryRun {
+						err = os.RemoveAll(pth)
+					}
 				} else {
 					err = cleanupWalker(pth, what)
 				}
diff --git a/doc/news.texi b/doc/news.texi
index ff616c3c4507af69aa6639ba0f367b3266f017026550648f3f1f6d6b610a5e8b..f45817b6fa5cd89dc3cd15c8ac899f57ebaa11ec89e16b335bcf889bffcd1c69 100644
--- a/doc/news.texi
+++ b/doc/news.texi
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ @node News
 @cindex news
 @unnumbered News
 
+@anchor{Release 1_24_0}
+@section Release 1.24.0
+@itemize
+@item
+    @command{redo-cleanup tmp} also removes temporarily (@code{$3})
+    created directories.
+@end itemize
+
 @anchor{Release 1_23_0}
 @section Release 1.23.0
 @itemize