diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5b74edc76e..5ff2b671a1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ codespell
 1.7
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+* Fix handling foreign newline characters
 * Update the list of misspellings
 * Only process non-empty regular files
 * Install in /usr/local by default