diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 0db5c74956d..400d28c9b7c 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ its argument lacks explicit time zone information.  This has been the
 de-facto behavior since Emacs 24 although documentation said otherwise.
 Also, the fallback on 'timezone-make-date-arpa-standard' has been
 removed because its supported date styles can be handled by
-'parse-time-string'.
+'parse-time-string'.  To restore the previously documented behavior,
+specify "+0000" or "Z" as the time zone in the argument.
 
 
 * Changes in Emacs 31.1 on Non-Free Operating Systems