diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 02f47560a75..70f9476e71e 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -969,6 +969,11 @@ comparing with the next window, customize the new option
 replace the face `compare-windows', which is now an obsolete alias for
 `compare-windows-added'.
 
+---
+*** The VC state indicator in the mode line now has different faces
+corresponding to each of the possible states. See the `vc-faces'
+customization group.
+
 ---
 *** `log-edit-insert-changelog' converts "(tiny change)" to
 "Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes".  Set `log-edit-rewrite-tiny-change'