diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ecc5f947efa..7d19f3ea9a7 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2842,10 +2842,6 @@ and post-command-hooks.
 *** The new function `rassq-delete-all' deletes all elements from an
 alist whose cdr is `eq' to a specified value.
 
-+++
-*** New function make-obsolete-variable to warn that a variable may be removed
-at some stage in the future.
-
 +++
 *** New macro define-obsolete-variable-alias to combine defvaralias and
 make-obsolete-variable.