diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index a042ce92aff..5aa57a77765 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -701,6 +701,12 @@ method is an NNTP select method.
 *** A new command for sorting articles by readedness marks has been
 added: 'C-c C-s C-m C-m'.
 
++++
+
+*** In message-citation-line-format the %Z format is now the time zone name
+instead of the numeric form.  The %z format continues to be the
+numeric form.  The new behavior is compatible with format-time-string.
+
 ** Ibuffer
 
 ---
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/message.el b/lisp/gnus/message.el
index 690dd28c8a4..a9e66cede16 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/message.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/message.el
@@ -991,7 +991,6 @@ are replaced:
   %F   The first name if present, e.g.: \"John\", else fall
        back to the mail address.
   %L   The last name if present, e.g.: \"Doe\".
-  %Z, %z   The time zone in the numeric form, e.g.:\"+0000\".
 
 All other format specifiers are passed to `format-time-string'
 which is called using the date from the article your replying to, but