diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 530e8001c0a..2652d4eb8bf 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -258,12 +258,12 @@ in Transient Mark mode should make commands operate on that empty
 region.
 
 ** Temporarily active regions
-
++++
 *** The new variable shift-select-mode, non-nil by default, controls
 shift-selection.  When Shift Select mode is on, shift-translated
 motion keys (e.g. S-left and S-down) activate and extend a temporary
 region, similar to mouse-selection.
-
++++
 *** Temporarily active regions, created using shift-selection or
 mouse-selection, are not necessarily deactivated in the next command.
 They are only deactivated after point motion commands that are not