diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
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@@ -175,11 +175,6 @@ supported on other platforms, but not on Windows due to using the winsock
 
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1
 
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-** inhibit-modification-hooks is bound to t while running modification hooks.
-As a happy consequence, after-change-functions and before-change-functions
-are not bound to nil any more while running an (after|before)-change-function.
-
 ** Non-breaking space now acts as whitespace.
 
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