diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index d9440b62454..f67cfd3e434 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ of the target directory, if the latter is an existing directory.  The
 new optional arg COPY-CONTENTS, if non-nil, makes the function copy
 the contents directly into a pre-existing target directory.
 
++++
 ** For mouse click input events in the text area, the Y pixel
 coordinate in the POSITION list now counts from the top of the text
 area, excluding any header line.  Previously, it counted from the top