diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b389e2800f1..6e4273cae42 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ This is a convenience alias, so that one can write `(pop argv)'
 inside of --eval command line arguments in order to access
 following arguments.
 
++++
 ** The abbrev file is no longer read at startup in batch mode.
 
 ** Emacs now supports invocation by an X session manager.